Upconversion nanoparticles for imaging cells

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 23, Issue , 2009, Pages 1741-1744

  Sounderya, N ^a   Zhang, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocytes; Core shell; Nanoparticles; Silica; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

AMINE FUNCTIONALIZATION; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CARDIOMYOCYTES; CORE/SHELL; LANTHANIDE-DOPED UPCONVERSION NANOPARTICLES; UP-CONVERSION; UPCONVERSION NANOPARTICLES; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

ANTIBODIES; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NANOPARTICLES; SILICA;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84891936299     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92841-6_432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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