Highly luminescent and photostable core-shell dye nanoparticles for high efficiency bioimaging

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Jan 21;50(6):737-9. doi: 10.1039/c3cc47961g. Epub 2013 Nov 29.

Abstract

We developed core-shell silica-coated dye nanoparticles as highly bright and ultrastable red-emitting fluorescent probes for long-term cellular imaging and ultrasensitive in vivo animal imaging.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Coloring Agents / chemistry
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Optical Imaging / instrumentation*
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Coloring Agents
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Silicon Dioxide