Nanomaterial-based fluorescent probes for live-cell imaging

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 130-144

  Li, Qing ^a   Liu, Lin ^a   Liu, Jin Wen ^a   Jiang, Jian Hui ^a   Yu, Ru Qin ^a   Chu, Xia ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fluorescent imaging; Fluorescent probe; Intracellular detection; Intracellular nanosensor; Live cell imaging; Nanobiosensor; Nanomaterial; Nanosensor; Sensor design; Transduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FLUORESCENT IMAGING; FLUORESCENT PROBES; LIVE-CELL IMAGING; NANOBIOSENSOR; NANOMATERIAL; SENSOR DESIGNS; TRANSDUCTION;

NANOSENSORS;

CARBON DOT; COPPER; COPPER NANOCLUSTER; EUROPIUM NANOPARTICLE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GADOLINIUM NANOPARTICLE; GOLD; GOLD NANOCLUSTER; GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOT; LANTHANIDE; METAL NANOCLUSTER; NANOCRYSTAL; NANODIAMOND; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; PLATINUM; PLATINUM NANOCLUSTER; POLYMER; QUANTUM DOT; SAMARIUM NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DOT; SILVER; SILVER NANOCLUSTER; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TERBIUM NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOSENSOR; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PH; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUOROMETRY; FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; LIVE CELL IMAGING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR SIZE; NANOPROBE; NANOSENSOR; NEAR INFRARED IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901447950     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2014.03.007     Document Type: Review

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