Recent advances in bioapplications of C-dots

Carbon

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 309-327

  Zhao, Andong ^a,b   Chen, Zhaowei ^a,b   Zhao, Chuanqi ^a   Gao, Nan ^a   Ren, Jinsong ^a   Qu, Xiaogang ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMOLECULES; CARBON; GENE TRANSFER; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

BIOAPPLICATIONS; CARBON-BASED; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; GENE DELIVERY; PHOTO-STABILITY; RECENT PROGRESS; WATER SOLUBILITIES;

DRUG DELIVERY;

EID: 84921786783     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.12.045     Document Type: Review

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