Carbon nanoparticle-based ratiometric fluorescent sensor for detecting mercury ions in aqueous media and living cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 21270-21278

  Lan, Minhuan ^a   Zhang, Jinfeng ^a   Chui, Ying San ^a   Wang, Pengfei ^b   Chen, Xianfeng ^a   Lee, Chun Sing ^a   Kwong, Hoi Lun ^a   Zhang, Wenjun ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

bioimaging; carbon nanoparticles; mercury ions; ratiometric fluorescence sensor

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); METAL IONS; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RHODAMINE B; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIO-IMAGING; CARBON NANO-PARTICLES; ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESS; FLUORESCENT CARBON NANOPARTICLES; MERCURY ION; RATIOMETRIC FLUORESCENCE SENSORS; RATIOMETRIC FLUORESCENT SENSORS; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

CARBON; ION; MERCURY; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE B; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARBON; IONS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MERCURY; NANOPARTICLES; QUANTUM DOTS; RHODAMINES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84917707249     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5062568     Document Type: Article

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