Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 89-94 , March 2007

Quantitative estimation of gold nanoshell concentrations in whole blood using dynamic light scattering

  • Huan Xie, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
    • ,
  • Kelly L. Gill-Sharp, BS

      Affiliations

    • Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
    • ,
  • D. Patrick O'Neal, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Biomedical Engineering Department, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272.

Received 18 December 2006 ,Accepted 8 January 2007.

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 No conflict of interest was reported by the authors of this paper.

PII: S1549-9634(07)00005-6

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2007.01.003

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 89-94 , March 2007

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