Nature Communications (May 2017)

Real-time visualization of clustering and intracellular transport of gold nanoparticles by correlative imaging

  • Mengmeng Liu,
  • Qian Li,
  • Le Liang,
  • Jiang Li,
  • Kun Wang,
  • Jiajun Li,
  • Min Lv,
  • Nan Chen,
  • Haiyun Song,
  • Joon Lee,
  • Jiye Shi,
  • Lihua Wang,
  • Ratnesh Lal,
  • Chunhai Fan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15646
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The interaction of nanoparticles intracellularly has been investigated widely but the mechanisms of such interactions are not fully understood. Here, the authors utilize a semi-quantitative technique to assess the intracellular transportation and clustering potential of nanoparticles in real-time.