ZnO nanocomposites modified by hydrophobic and hydrophilic silanes with dramatically enhanced tunable fluorescence and aqueous ultrastability toward biological imaging applications

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Shuying ^a   Sun, Zongzhao ^a   Li, Rui ^a   Dong, Minmin ^a   Zhang, Liyan ^a   Qi, Wei ^a   Zhang, Xuelin ^a   Wang, Hua ^a  

^a QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO-PROPYL-TRIETHOXYSILANE; NANOCOMPOSITE; PROPYLAMINE; QUANTUM DOT; SILANE DERIVATIVE; ZINC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUSCLE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PROPYLAMINES; QUANTUM DOTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILANES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84923369222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08475     Document Type: Article

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