Facile, Large-Quantity Synthesis of Stable, Tunable-Color Silicon Nanoparticles and Their Application for Long-Term Cellular Imaging

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 5958-5967

  Zhong, Yiling ^a   Sun, Xiaotian ^a   Wang, Siyi ^a   Peng, Fei ^a   Bao, Feng ^a   Su, Yuanyuan ^a   Li, Youyong ^a   Lee, Shuit Tong ^a   He, Yao ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bioimaging; large quantity; long term; photochemical; silicon nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MOBILE SECURITY; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON;

BIO-IMAGING; LARGE-QUANTITY; LONG-TERM; PHOTOCHEMICAL; SILICON NANOPARTICLES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOPARTICLE; SILICON;

CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CELL SURVIVAL; COLOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84934930567     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00683     Document Type: Article

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