A graphene quantum dot photodynamic therapy agent with high singlet oxygen generation

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ge, Jiechao ^a   Lan, Minhuan ^a   Zhou, Bingjiang ^a   Liu, Weimin ^a   Guo, Liang ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Jia, Qingyan ^a   Niu, Guangle ^a   Huang, Xing ^a   Zhou, Hangyue ^a   Meng, Xiangmin ^a   Wang, Pengfei ^a   Lee, Chun Sing ^b   Zhang, Wenjun ^b   Han, Xiaodong ^c  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; PROTOPORPHYRIN; QUANTUM DOT; SINGLET OXYGEN; BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; OXYGEN; POLYMER; POLYTHIOPHENE; PORPHYRIN; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

CANCER; CARBON; DISEASE TREATMENT; OXYGEN; PH; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; QUANTUM YIELD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARBON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; GRAPHITE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASMS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; POLYMERS; PORPHYRINS; QUANTUM DOTS; SINGLET OXYGEN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84907341406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5596     Document Type: Article

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