Folic acid-conjugated chromium(III) doped nanoparticles consisting of mixed oxides of zinc, gallium and tin, and possessing near-infrared and long persistent phosphorescence for targeted imaging of cancer cells

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 182, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 1827-1834

  Li, Yang ^a   Chen, Ruchun ^a   Li, Yiyang ^b   Sharafudeen, Kaniyarakkal ^c   Liu, Shijian ^a   Wu, Dakun ^a   Wu, Yiling ^a   Qin, Xixi ^a   Qiu, Jianrong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Long persistent phosphorescence; Nanoparticles; Targeted imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931573568     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-015-1486-8     Document Type: Article

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