Histidine-derived nontoxic nitrogen-doped carbon dots for sensing and bioimaging applications

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 45, 2014, Pages 13542-13548

  Huang, He ^a   Li, Chunguang ^a   Zhu, Shoujun ^b   Wang, Hailong ^b   Chen, Cailing ^a   Wang, Zhaorui ^a   Bai, Tianyu ^a   Shi, Zhan ^a   Feng, Shouhua ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jilin University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; METAL IONS; NITROGEN;

CELLULAR IMAGING; DETECTION LIMITS; LATTICE FRINGES; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED HYDROTHERMAL; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; PHOTO-STABILITY; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; WELL-DISPERSED;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

CARBON; FERRIC ION; HISTIDINE; NITROGEN; QUANTUM DOT;

CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CARBON; CELL SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENCE; HEK293 CELLS; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROWAVES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84910642468     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la503969z     Document Type: Article

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