Surface modification and characterization of photon-upconverting nanoparticles for bioanalytical applications

Chemical Society Reviews

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1526-1560

  Sedlmeier, Andreas ^a   Gorris, Hans H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; APTAMER; DNA; LANTHANIDE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTON;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; DNA; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTONS; POLYMERS; PROTEINS;

EID: 84924543429     PISSN: 03060012     EISSN: 14604744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4cs00186a     Document Type: Review

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