Fluorescent carbon dots for bioimaging and biosensing applications

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2677-2699

  Shi, Haitang ^a,b   Wei, Jianfei ^a,b   Qiang, Li ^a,b   Chen, Xue ^a,b   Meng, Xianwei ^a  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; Biosensing; Carbon dots; Fluorescence; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSENSORS; FLUORESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; SUBSTRATES;

BIO-IMAGING; BIOSENSING; BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS; BIOSENSING PLATFORMS; CARBON DOTS; FLUORESCENT NANOPARTICLES; INHIBITOR CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURE , PROPERTIES;

CARBON;

CARBON; CARBON DOT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FLUORESCENT DYE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSENSOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EX VIVO STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER SURGERY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PYROLYSIS; REVIEW; SOOT; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TARGET CELL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC USE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84905669380     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2014.1881     Document Type: Review

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