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ENGINEERING SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS FOR MOLECULAR, CELLULAR, AND IN VIVO IMAGING A Dissertation Presented to The Academic Faculty By Andrew Michael Smith In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Biomedical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology December, 2008 Copyright © 2008 by Andrew Michael Smith ENGINEERING SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS FOR MOLECULAR, CELLULAR, AND IN VIVO IMAGING Approved by: Dr. Shuming Nie, Advisor Dr. Zhong L. Wang School of Biomedical Engineering School of Materials Science and Georgia Institute of Technology Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Gang Bao School of Biomedical Engineering Dr. Lily Yang Georgia Institute of Technology Department of Surgery Emory University Dr. Niren Murthy School of Biomedical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Date approved: October 16, 2008 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I dedicate this thesis to my parents, Marge and Winston, and my brother Edward, who have always supported me. I owe to them my values, work ethic, and aspiration to pursue a life of continuous learning. I thank my beautiful and incredibly intelligent girlfriend Mia for being compassionate and patient through the completion of my degree. I am grateful for guidance and inspiration from my friends, family members, and teachers, especially George Petsch, France Dorman, Mark Sommerville, James Powers, Athanassios Sambanis, Joseph Berglund, Schiue-Cheng Tang, Jonathan Beech, and James Mickens. I also thank Matthew Rhyner, Aaron Mohs, Michael Mancini, and Brad Kairdolf, who have taken part in the collaborative efforts of this thesis. Finally, I thank my research advisor, Shuming Nie, an inspiring leader and a brilliant mind who has given me tremendous opportunities over the past six years to learn a broad range of scientific disciplines, the encouragement to work harder than I have ever thought possible, and a vision for my future and the future of science and innovation.
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