Increasing the Efficacy of Gold Nanorod Uptake in Stem Cell-Derived Therapeutic Cells: Implications for Stem Cell Labeling and Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging
- Award ID(s):
- 2145427
- PAR ID:
- 10397748
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- ACS Applied Nano Materials
- Volume:
- 5
- Issue:
- 5
- ISSN:
- 2574-0970
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 6995 to 7008
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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