Facile synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon dots for Fe3+ sensing and cellular imaging

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 861, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-84

  Gong, Xiaojuan ^a   Lu, Wenjing ^a   Paau, Man Chin ^b   Hu, Qin ^b   Wu, Xin ^a   Shuang, Shaomin ^a   Dong, Chuan ^a   Choi, Martin M F ^b  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cell image; Chitosan; EDA; Fe3+ detection; Nitrogen doped carbon dots

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHITOSAN; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSIONS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CELL IMAGES; CELLULAR IMAGING; CONDENSATION AGENTS; FACILE SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED PYROLYSIS; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; UV-VIS ABSORPTIONS;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOPARTICLE; FERRIC ION; NITROGEN DOPED CARBON DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSENSOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PYROLYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARBON; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NITROGEN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84925257774     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.12.045     Document Type: Article

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