Synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots via microwave carbonization of citric acid in presence of tetraoctylammonium ion, and their application to cellular bioimaging

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 182, Issue 13-14, 2015, Pages 2173-2181

  Bhaisare, Mukesh Lavkush ^a   Talib, Abou ^a   Khan, M Shahnawaz ^a   Pandey, Sunil ^a   Wu, Hui Fen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bio imaging; Carbon dots; Citric acid; Cytotoxicity; Fluorescence; Microwave; Tetraoctylammonium bromide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941935434     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-015-1541-5     Document Type: Article

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