Supramolecular Oligothiophene Microfibers Spontaneously Assembled on Surfaces or Coassembled with Proteins inside Live Cells

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2230-2241

  Barbarella, Giovanna ^a   Di Maria, Francesca ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEIN; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

3T3 CELL LINE; ANIMAL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENT DYES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PROTEINS; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84939493113     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00241     Document Type: Article

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