Metal-organic frameworks as biosensors for luminescence-based detection and imaging

Interface Focus

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Miller, Sophie E ^a   Teplensky, Michelle H ^a   Moghadam, Peyman Z ^a   Fairen Jimenez, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Contrast agent; Luminescence; Metal organic frameworks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975887116     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2016.0027     Document Type: Review

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