Nitrogen-doped carbon dots as multifunctional fluorescent probes

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Du, Fengyi ^a   Jin, Xin ^a   Chen, Junhui ^a   Hua, Ye ^a   Cao, Mulan ^b   Zhang, Lirong ^a   Li, Jianan ^c   Zhang, Li ^a   Jin, Jie ^a   Wu, Chaoyang ^a   Gong, Aihua ^a   Xu, Wenrong ^a   Shao, Qixiang ^a   Zhang, Miaomiao ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PANZHIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; Carbon dots; Flow cytometry; Nitrogen doped

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONIZATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NITROGEN; PROBES;

BIO-IMAGING; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CARBON DOTS; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION; NITROGEN-DOPED; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; PHOTO-LUMINESCENT PROPERTIES; SOLUBILITY IN WATERS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

AMMONIUM ACETATE; CITRIC ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE; NITROGEN DOPED CARBON DOT; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

A549 CELL LINE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CANCER CELL; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION; INTERNALIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM YIELD;

EID: 84912535775     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-014-2720-8     Document Type: Article

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