Aqueous phase synthesis of highly luminescent, nitrogen-doped carbon dots and their application as bioimaging agents

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 47, 2014, Pages 14270-14275

  Wang, Li ^a   Yin, Yuan ^a   Jain, Anjana ^a   Susan Zhou, H ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FOLIC ACID;

CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PROCEDURES;

CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLIC ACID;

EID: 84914146850     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la5031813     Document Type: Article

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