Quantum dots and other nanoparticles: What can they offer to drug discovery?

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 9, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1065-1071

  Ozkan, Mihrimah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug Discovery; nanocrystals; nanoparticles; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL GOLD; DENDRIMER; NANOPARTICLE;

ATOM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGY; CATALYST; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL; DIFFUSION; DRUG RESEARCH; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNET; MOLECULE; OPTICS; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RECORDING; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLUBILITY; SPECTRUM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNOLOGY; TOXICITY;

DRUG DESIGN; DRUG INDUSTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM DOTS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 9944258451     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6446(04)03291-X     Document Type: Review

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