Semiconductor nanocrystals and fluorescence microscopy in biological labeling
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Patricia M. A. Farias, Beate S. Santos, Adriana Fontes and Carlos L. Cesar Department Biophysics and Radiobiology, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, Brazil, CEP: 50670-901 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, Brazil, CEP: 50670-901 Department of Quantum Electronics, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil, CEP: 13083-970. Research Group on Nanostructures and Biological Interfaces
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