Nanoscale science: a big step towards the Holy Grail of single molecule biochemistry and molecular biology.
Light scattering from metal nanoparticles and fluorescence from quantum dots offer distinct advantages over traditional fluorophores when it comes to detection of single molecules in living cells.
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Centre for Nanoscale Science, University of Liverpool, L69 72B, Liverpool, United Kingdom. rcdoty@liv.ac.uk
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D001669:Biochemical Phenomena; D001671:Biochemistry; D008967:Molecular Biology; D036103:Nanotechnology; D045663:Quantum Dots