Inorganic nanoparticles for image-guided therapy

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 124-134

  Yoon, Hong Yeol ^a   Jeon, Sangmin ^a,b   You, Dong Gil ^a,b   Park, Jae Hyung ^b   Kwon, Ick Chan ^a,c   Koo, Heebeom ^d   Kim, Kwangmeyung ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETITE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; METALS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

AU-METAL OXIDE; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; LARGE AMOUNTS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PROPERTY-BASED; SPECIAL PROPERTIES; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; UPCONVERSION NANOPARTICLE; INORGANIC COMPOUND;

CANCER THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; IMAGE GUIDED THERMAL THERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NANOMEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; REVIEW; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THERMOTHERAPY;

HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 85020424601     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: 15204812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00512     Document Type: Review

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