Near-infrared fluorescent aptamer-templated silver nanoclusters facilely synthesized for cellular imaging applications

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1868-1872

  Li, Shengliang ^a,b,c   Cao, Weipeng ^b,c   Jin, Shubin ^b,c   Zhang, Chunqiu ^b,c   Liu, Juan ^b,c   Zou, Guozhang ^b,c   Li, Feng ^a   Liang, Xing Jie ^b,c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ag nanoclusters; Aptamer; Bioimaging; Near infrared

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899913474     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-014-0268-8     Document Type: Article

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