Graphene-based nanomaterials as molecular imaging agents

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 737-758

  Garg, Bhaskar ^a   Sung, Chu Hsun ^a   Ling, Yong Chien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; MOBILE SECURITY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PROTEINS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); YARN;

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ENZYMATIC CONVERSIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; SURFACE ENGINEERING;

GRAPHENE;

AMINE; ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; BIOPOLYMER; CADMIUM; CARBON NANOTUBE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CHELATING AGENT; CHITOSAN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CURCUMIN; DEXTRAN; DOXORUBICIN; DYE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GELATIN; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; PEPTIDE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; POLYMER; QUANTUM DOT; RADIOISOTOPE; RHODAMINE 6G; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; COLORING AGENT; GRAPHITE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOLUMINESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROBUBBLE; MICROCAPSULE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NANOENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOACOUSTICS; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOTHERMAL IMAGING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTUM YIELD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THERANOSTICS; ULTRASOUND; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; HELA CELL LINE; MOUSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THERANOSTIC NANOMEDICINE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GRAPHITE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THERANOSTIC NANOMEDICINE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84943818049     PISSN: 19395116     EISSN: 19390041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1342     Document Type: Article

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