Gold nanoclusters with enhanced tunable fluorescence as bioimaging probes

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-110

  Palmal, Sharbari ^a   Jana, Nikhil R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL APPLICATION; FLUORESCENT IMAGING; GOLD NANOCLUSTER; HYDRODYNAMIC SIZE; NON-TOXIC ALTERNATIVES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; VISIBLE EMISSIONS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; FLUORESCENCE; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; HEAVY METALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPROBES;

PROBES;

CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DENDRIMER; DEXTRAN; DIHYDROLIPOATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; FLUORESCENT GOLD CLUSTER; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD SALT; GRAPHENE OXIDE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; QUANTUM DOT; RIBONUCLEASE A; STREPTAVIDIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRASTUZUMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; QUANTUM YIELD; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GOLD; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBES; NANOMEDICINE; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84890223939     PISSN: 19395116     EISSN: 19390041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1245     Document Type: Article

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