Carbon dots as a fluorescent probe for label-free detection of physiological potassium level in human serum and red blood cells

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 880, Issue , 2015, Pages 130-135

  Zhang, Lingyang ^a   Chen, Shenna ^a   Zhao, Qian ^a   Huang, Haowen ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon dots; Human red blood cells; Human serum; Label free; Potassium ion

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLUORESCENCE; METAL IONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; POTASSIUM; PROBES; QUENCHING;

CARBON DOTS; HUMAN RED BLOOD CELL; HUMAN SERUM; LABEL FREE; POTASSIUM IONS;

BLOOD;

CARBON DOT; FLUORESCENT DYE; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON; ION; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; PH; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

CARBON; ERYTHROCYTES; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; POTASSIUM; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84931575406     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.04.057     Document Type: Article

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