Upconversion nanophosphors for use in bioimaging, therapy, drug delivery and bioassays

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 181, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 263-294

  Yang, Yuming ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer therapy; Detection; Drug delivery; Imaging; Nanoparticle; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892676999     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-013-1139-8     Document Type: Review

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