Graphene Meets Microbubbles: A Superior Contrast Agent for Photoacoustic Imaging

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 25, 2016, Pages 16465-16475

  Toumia, Yosra ^a   Domenici, Fabio ^a   Orlanducci, Silvia ^a   Mura, Francesco ^b   Grishenkov, Dmitry ^c   Trochet, Philippe ^d   Lacerenza, Savino ^d   Bordi, Federico ^b   Paradossi, Gaio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

graphene; microbubbles; photoacoustics; surfactant; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARBON; HYBRID SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFRARED DEVICES; LABORATORIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; ULTRASONICS;

BIO-INERT SURFACES; GRAPHENE PROPERTIES; HYBRID CONSTRUCTS; MICROBUBBLES; PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC SIGNALS; REACTIVE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SURFACTANT ASSISTED;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84976897470     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b04184     Document Type: Article

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