Continuing progress toward controlled intracellular delivery of semiconductor quantum dots

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 131-151

  Breger, Joyce ^a   Delehanty, James B ^a   Medintz, Igor L ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DRUG DELIVERY; NANOCRYSTALS;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CELLULAR DELIVERY; CELLULAR LABELING; COMBINED MECHANISMS; INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY; MATERIALS PREPARATIONS; NANOSCALE SENSORS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM DOT; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DELIVERY; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTROPORATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84921444487     PISSN: 19395116     EISSN: 19390041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1281     Document Type: Article

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