Preparation of highly luminescent and biocompatible carbon dots using a new extraction method

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Rui ^a   Liu, Ying Bo ^a   Sun, Shu Qing ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Biological imaging; Carbon dots; Luminescence; Luminescent mechanism; Nanomedicine; Quantum yield

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARBON; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM YIELD;

BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; CARBON DOTS; EXTRACTION METHOD; FLUORESCENT LABELS; LUMINESCENT MECHANISM; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SYNTHESIS METHOD; TUNABLE EMISSIONS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

CARBON; CARBON DOT; FLUORESCENT DYE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; OPTICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84887077896     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-2010-x     Document Type: Article

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