Presentation matters: Identity of gold nanocluster capping agent governs intracellular uptake and cell metabolism

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 805-815

  Tay, Chor Yong ^a   Yu, Yong ^a   Setyawati, Magdiel Inggrid ^a   Xie, Jianping ^a   Leong, David Tai ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

gold nanoclusters; nanobiology; nanotechnology; reactive oxygen species; surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902327698     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0441-z     Document Type: Article

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