Development of Near Infrared-Fluorescent Nanophosphors and Applications for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

The use of near infrared (NIR) light for biomedical photonics in the wavelength region between 800 and 2000 nm, which is called “biological window”, has received particular attention since water and biological tissues have minimal optical loss due to scattering and absorption as well as autofluoresc...

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Main Authors: Tamotsu Zako, Hiroshi Hyodo, Kosuke Tsuji, Kimikazu Tokuzen, Hidehiro Kishimoto, Masaaki Ito, Kazuhiro Kaneko, Mizuo Maeda, Kohei Soga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Nanomaterials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/491471