Copper-Based Nanomaterials for Cancer Imaging and Therapy

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1188-1199

  Zhou, Min ^a,b,c   Tian, Mei ^b   Li, Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DRUG DELIVERY; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED LASERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CANCER IMAGING; CANCER THERAPY; COPPER CHALCOGENIDES; COPPER-BASED; HEAT TRANSFORMATIONS; NEAR INFRARED REGION; NEAR-INFRARED LASER IRRADIATION; STRONG ABSORPTIONS; THERMAL DESTRUCTION;

COPPER;

COPPER NANOPARTICLE; COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; COPPER; NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LASER; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; COPPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84971325197     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: 15204812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00156     Document Type: Review

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