Folic acid functionalized ZnO quantum dots for targeted cancer cell imaging

Nanotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 30, 2015, Pages

  Ma, Ying Ying ^a   Ding, Hui ^a   Xiong, Huan Ming ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cancer cells; fluorescent imaging; folic acid; quantum dots; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ZINC OXIDE;

CANCER CELLS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT IMAGING; FOLIC ACIDS; FUNCTIONALIZED; PRIMARY AMINE GROUPS; ZNO; ZNO QUANTUM DOTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

FOLIC ACID; QUANTUM DOT; ZINC OXIDE;

CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; MCF 7 CELL LINE; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY;

CELL SURVIVAL; FOLIC ACID; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MCF-7 CELLS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOPLASMS; QUANTUM DOTS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84937012985     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/30/305702     Document Type: Article

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