Cellular distribution and cytotoxicity of graphene quantum dots with different functional groups

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Yuan, Xiaochan ^a   Liu, Zhiming ^a   Guo, Zhouyi ^a   Ji, Yanhong ^a   Jin, Mei ^a   Wang, Xinpeng ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cells; Chemical modification; Cytotoxicity; Graphene quantum dots; Intracellular distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL DEATH; CELLS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CYTOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE; GRAPHENE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOCRYSTALS;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTIONS; FLOW CYTOMETRY ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; INTRACELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; LOW CYTOTOXICITIES; PHOTO-LUMINESCENT PROPERTIES; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84899639538     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-108     Document Type: Article

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