Fabrication of graphene quantum dots and hexagonal boron nitride nanocomposites for fluorescent cell imaging

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1679-1685

  Peng, Juan ^a,b   Wang, Sheng ^a,c   Zhang, Peng Hui ^a   Jiang, Li Ping ^a   Shi, Jian Jun ^a,c   Zhu, Jun Jie ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell imaging; Fluorescence; Graphene quantum dots; Hexagonal boron nitride; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BORON NITRIDE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; NITRIDES;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CELL IMAGING; FLUORESCENT PROPERTY; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE; INTRACELLULAR IMAGING; NOVEL NANOCOMPOSITES; POLIES (DIALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM); THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOT; NANOCOMPOSITE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BORON DERIVATIVE; BORON NITRIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE; GRAPHITE; NANOPARTICLE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOFABRICATION; SOLUBILITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE CHARGE; ZETA POTENTIAL; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HELA CELL LINE; MATERIALS TESTING; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BORON COMPOUNDS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUORESCENT DYES; GRAPHITE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; QUANTUM DOTS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 84893780851     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2013.1663     Document Type: Article

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