Metal nanoclusters: Applications in environmental monitoring and cancer therapy

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part C Environmental Carcinogenesis and Ecotoxicology Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 168-187

  Zhao, Tingting ^a   Zhou, Tingyao ^b   Yao, Qiuhong ^a   Hao, Chunli ^a   Chen, Xi ^c  

^a Xiamen Huaxia Vocational College   (China)

^b Shenzhen Academy of Environmental Sciences   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cancer therapy; environmental monitoring; metal NCs; synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CESIUM ALLOYS; DISEASES; FLUORESCENCE; METALS; NANOCLUSTERS; ONCOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL FIELDS; CANCER THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERMI WAVELENGTH; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; METAL NANOCLUSTERS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

ALLOY; ANION; EXPLOSIVE; METAL; METAL ION; METAL NANOCLUSTER; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; NANOCHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SENSOR; SYNTHESIS; NEOPLASMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84930246422     PISSN: 10590501     EISSN: 15324095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2015.1030490     Document Type: Article

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