Quantum dot surface chemistry and functionalization for cell targeting and imaging

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 609-624

  Bilan, Regina ^a   Fleury, Fabrice ^b   Nabiev, Igor ^a,c   Sukhanova, Alyona ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^b Faculté des Sciences et Techniques   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MOLECULES; NANOCRYSTALS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PHOTOBLEACHING; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TREATMENT; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

CELL IMAGING; CELL TARGETING; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; NANOSCALE CRYSTALS; ORGANIC FLUORESCENT DYES; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SIZE DEPENDENT; SURFACE-MODIFICATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NANOCARRIER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; QUANTUM DOT; ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; DRUG CARRIER; MOLECULAR PROBE; NANOPARTICLE; NUCLEIC ACID; PEPTIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONJUGATE; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL; CYCLOADDITION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SOLUBILIZATION; ANIMAL; CELL TRACKING; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STAINING; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CELL TRACKING; DRUG CARRIERS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCONJUGATES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBES; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PEPTIDES; QUANTUM DOTS; STAINING AND LABELING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84927771603     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: 15204812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00069     Document Type: Review

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