Luminescent gelatin nanospheres by encapsulating CdSe quantum dots

Luminescence

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-78

  Chen, Longyan ^a   Willoughby, Adrienne ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cytotoxicity; fluorescence; gelatin nanospheres; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHILICITY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSPHERES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRON TRANSMISSION; FLUORESCENT PROPERTY; GELATIN NANOPARTICLES; GELATIN NANOSPHERE; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHILICS; LIGAND EXCHANGE METHOD; QUANTUM DOT; THERMODECOMPOSITION;

FLUORESCENCE;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; GELATIN; NANOSPHERE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE; GELATIN NANOSPHERES; LUMINESCENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CYTOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE; GELATIN NANOSPHERES; QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; GELATIN; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSPHERES; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84892673859     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: 15227243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bio.2505     Document Type: Article

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