title: Ultrastable, highly fluorescent, and water-dispersed silicon-based nanospheres as cellular probes.
authors.affiliation: Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films and Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Zhen-Hui
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Quan-Song
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chi Him A
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: Chun-Hai
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Shuit-Tong
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015335:Molecular Probes / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D054118:Nanospheres / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D015335:Molecular Probes; D014867:Water; D012825:Silicon