Ethylenediamine-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots as fluorescent probes for sensitive biosensing and bioimaging

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 218, Issue , 2015, Pages 229-236

  Niu, Wen Jun ^a   Li, Ye ^a   Zhu, Rong Hui ^a   Shan, Dan ^a   Fan, Yan Rong ^a   Zhang, Xue Ji ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular imaging; Fluorescent probe; NADH; Nitrogen doped carbon quantum dots (N CQDs)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARBON; CARBONIZATION; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FLUORESCENCE; MOBILE SECURITY; NANOCRYSTALS; NITROGEN; PASSIVATION; PROBES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CELLULAR IMAGING; DIHYDRONICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; FLUORESCENCE SENSORS; FLUORESCENT PROBES; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION; NADH; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84929645917     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.05.006     Document Type: Article

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