Multicolored redox active upconverter cerium oxide nanoparticle for bio-imaging and therapeutics

Autor: Sudipta Seal, Soumen Das, Michael Bass, Jimmie Colon, Janet M. Dowding, Christopher Bligh Komanski, Eric Heckert, Suresh Babu, Cheryl H. Baker, William T. Self, Jung-Hyun Cho
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Chemical Communications. 46:6915
ISSN: 1364-548X
1359-7345
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc01832e
Popis: Cytocompatible, co-doped cerium oxide nanoparticles exhibited strong upconversion properties that were found to kill lung cancer cells by inducing apoptosis thereby demonstrating the potential to be used as clinical contrast agents for imaging and as therapeutic agents for treatment of cancer.
Databáze: OpenAIRE