Microwave-assisted polyol synthesis of gadolinium-doped green luminescent carbon dots as a bimodal nanoprobe

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 36, 2014, Pages 10933-10939

  Gong, Ningqiang ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Li, Shuai ^a   Deng, Yunlong ^a   Chen, Xiao'ai ^a   Ye, Ling ^a   Gu, Wei ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CARBON; DIAGNOSIS; GADOLINIUM; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NANOPROBES;

CONTRAST AGENT; GREEN PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; IMAGING MODALITY; LOW CYTOTOXICITIES; MICROWAVE ASSISTED; MULTIPLE IMAGING; POLYOL METHODS; POLYOL SYNTHESIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CARBON; FLUORESCENT DYE; GADOLINIUM; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; POLYOL;

CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CARBON; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUORESCENT DYES; GADOLINIUM; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; MICROWAVES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84924770498     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la502705g     Document Type: Article

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