Carbon-based quantum dots for fluorescence imaging of cells and tissues

Improvement of Photoluminescence of Graphene Quantum Dots with a Biocompatible Photochemical Reduction Pathway and Its Bioimaging Application

(2013) Hanjun Sun et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Effect of Injection Routes on the Biodistribution, Clearance, and Tumor Uptake of Carbon Dots

(2013) Xinglu Huang et al.   ACS Nano

Green synthesis of carbon dots with down- and up-conversion fluorescent properties for sensitive detection of hypochlorite with a dual-readout assay

(2013) Bangda Yin et al.   ANALYST

Photoluminescent C-dots@RGO Probe for Sensitive and Selective Detection of Acetylcholine

(2013) Chen-I Wang et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Oxidative Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Boron/Nitrogen Co-Doped Carbon Nanodots Enabling Detection of Photosensitizer and Carcinogenic Dye

(2013) Shanaz Jahan et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Carbon-Based Dots Co-doped with Nitrogen and Sulfur for High Quantum Yield and Excitation-Independent Emission

(2013) Yongqiang Dong et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly Photoluminescent Carbon Dots for Multicolor Patterning, Sensors, and Bioimaging

(2013) Shoujun Zhu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Transfection and intracellular trafficking properties of carbon dot-gold nanoparticle molecular assembly conjugated with PEI-pDNA

(2013) Jinhwan Kim et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Hair fiber as a precursor for synthesizing of sulfur- and nitrogen-co-doped carbon dots with tunable luminescence properties

(2013) Dong Sun et al.   CARBON

Hollow luminescent carbon dots for drug delivery

(2013) Qinlong Wang et al.   CARBON

The production of pH-sensitive photoluminescent carbon nanoparticles by the carbonization of polyethylenimine and their use for bioimaging

(2013) Liming Shen et al.   CARBON

Easy synthesis of highly fluorescent carbon quantum dots from gelatin and their luminescent properties and applications

(2013) Qinghua Liang et al.   CARBON

Bioimaging of targeting cancers using aptamer-conjugated carbon nanodots

(2013) Chang Hyun Lee et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Boronic acid functionalized graphene quantum dots as a fluorescent probe for selective and sensitive glucose determination in microdialysate

(2013) Zhi-bei Qu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Near infra-red photoluminescent graphene nanoparticles greatly expand their use in noninvasive biomedical imaging

(2013) Md Nurunnabi et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Bottom-up fabrication of photoluminescent carbon dots with uniform morphology via a soft–hard template approach

(2013) Yuxing Yang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A surfactant-assisted redox hydrothermal route to prepare highly photoluminescent carbon quantum dots with aggregation-induced emission enhancement properties

(2013) Ming Xuan Gao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Extending the tissue penetration capability of conventional photosensitisers: a carbon quantum dot–protoporphyrin IX conjugate for use in two-photon excited photodynamic therapy

(2013) Colin Fowley et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Graphene Quantum Dots Combined with Europium Ions as Photoluminescent Probes for Phosphate Sensing

(2013) Jian-Mei Bai et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Dots: A Facile and General Preparation Method, Photoluminescence Investigation, and Imaging Applications

(2013) Yang Xu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Carbon Dots Prepared by Hydrothermal Treatment of Dopamine as an Effective Fluorescent Sensing Platform for the Label-Free Detection of Iron(III) Ions and Dopamine

(2013) Konggang Qu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Capillary electrophoretic study of amine/carboxylic acid-functionalized carbon nanodots

(2013) Qin Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A

Carbon-dots derived from nanodiamond: Photoluminescence tunable nanoparticles for cell imaging

(2013) Xiaoyong Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Focusing on luminescent graphene quantum dots: current status and future perspectives

(2013) Lingling Li et al.   Nanoscale

Luminescent carbon quantum dots and their application in cell imaging

(2013) Hui Ding et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Development of multicolor carbon nanoparticles for cell imaging

(2013) Huiping Yan et al.   TALANTA

Synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots via simple acid hydrolysis of bovine serum albumin and its potential as sensitive sensing probe for lead (II) ions

(2013) Shui Shui Wee et al.   TALANTA

Synthesis and Centrifugal Separation of Fluorescent Carbon Dots at Room Temperature

(2013) Sunil Pandey et al.   Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters

A novel one-step synthesis of PEG passivated multicolour fluorescent carbon dots for potential biolabeling application

(2013) Abhay Sachdev et al.   RSC Advances

Simple one-step synthesis of water-soluble fluorescent carbon dots derived from paper ash

(2013) Jumeng Wei et al.   RSC Advances

Water soluble nanocarbons arrest the growth of mosquitoes

(2013) Manav Saxena et al.   RSC Advances

A green and facile approach for the synthesis of water soluble fluorescent carbon dots from banana juice

(2013) Bibekananda De et al.   RSC Advances

Versatility with carbon dots – from overcooked BBQ to brightly fluorescent agents and photocatalysts

(2013) Jinping Wang et al.   RSC Advances

Carbon Nanoparticle-based Fluorescent Bioimaging Probes

(2013) Susanta Kumar Bhunia et al.   Scientific Reports

Surface Passivation of Carbon Nanoparticles with Branched Macromolecules Influences Near Infrared Bioimaging

(2013) Lina Wu et al.   Theranostics

Fluorescence imaging of human erythrocytes by carbon nanoparticles isolated from food stuff and their fluorescence enhancement by blood plasma

(2013) Manav Saxena et al.   Materials Express

One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of highly luminescent nitrogen-doped amphoteric carbon dots for bioimaging from Bombyx mori silk – natural proteins

(2013) Zhu Lian Wu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Carbon dots functionalized gold nanorod mediated delivery of doxorubicin: tri-functional nano-worms for drug delivery, photothermal therapy and bioimaging

(2013) Sunil Pandey et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Luminescent S-doped carbon dots: an emergent architecture for multimodal applications

(2013) Sourov Chandra et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Carbon “quantum” dots for optical bioimaging

(2013) Pengju G. Luo et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Plant leaf-derived fluorescent carbon dots for sensing, patterning and coding

(2013) Liangliang Zhu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Photoluminescence Properties of Graphene versus Other Carbon Nanomaterials

(2012) Li Cao et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Anomalous Behaviors of Visible Luminescence from Graphene Quantum Dots: Interplay between Size and Shape

(2012) Sung Kim et al.   ACS Nano

Deep Ultraviolet Photoluminescence of Water-Soluble Self-Passivated Graphene Quantum Dots

(2012) Libin Tang et al.   ACS Nano

Tuning the Photoluminescence of Graphene Quantum Dots through the Charge Transfer Effect of Functional Groups

(2012) Sung Hwan Jin et al.   ACS Nano

Preparation of Fluorescent Graphene Quantum Dots as Biological Imaging Marker for Cells

(2012) Wenjing Xie et al.   ACTA CHIMICA SINICA

Surface Chemistry Routes to Modulate the Photoluminescence of Graphene Quantum Dots: From Fluorescence Mechanism to Up-Conversion Bioimaging Applications

(2012) Shoujun Zhu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Facile Microwave Avenue to Electrochemiluminescent Two-Color Graphene Quantum Dots

(2012) Ling-Ling Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Color-Tunable Photoluminescent Fullerene Nanoparticles

(2012) Jinyoung Jeong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Carbon Dot-Based Inorganic-Organic Nanosystem for Two-Photon Imaging and Biosensing of pH Variation in Living Cells and Tissues

(2012) Biao Kong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Optically Tunable Amino-Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots

(2012) Hiroyuki Tetsuka et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Observation of Lasing Emission from Carbon Nanodots in Organic Solvents

(2012) W. F. Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Light-Triggered Theranostics Based on Photosensitizer-Conjugated Carbon Dots for Simultaneous Enhanced-Fluorescence Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy

(2012) Peng Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Microwave-assisted synthesis of carbon nanodots through an eggshell membrane and their fluorescent application

(2012) Qi Wang et al.   ANALYST

Polyamine-Functionalized Carbon Quantum Dots as Fluorescent Probes for Selective and Sensitive Detection of Copper Ions

(2012) Yongqiang Dong et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Mesoporous carbon@silicon-silica nanotheranostics for synchronous delivery of insoluble drugs and luminescence imaging

(2012) Qianjun He et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Nano-carrier for gene delivery and bioimaging based on carbon dots with PEI-passivation enhanced fluorescence

(2012) Changjun Liu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Graphene quantum dots as autophagy-inducing photodynamic agents

(2012) Zoran M. Markovic et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Synthesis of high-quality carbon nanodots from hydrophilic compounds: role of functional groups

(2012) Pin-Che Hsu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Graphene quantum dots: emergent nanolights for bioimaging, sensors, catalysis and photovoltaic devices

(2012) Jianhua Shen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Highly luminescent carbon nanodots by microwave-assisted pyrolysis

(2012) Xinyun Zhai et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Simple one-step synthesis of highly luminescent carbon dots from orange juice: application as excellent bio-imaging agents

(2012) Swagatika Sahu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Carbon dots for copper detection with down and upconversion fluorescent properties as excitation sources

(2012) Alfonso Salinas-Castillo et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Electrochemical Preparation of Luminescent Graphene Quantum Dots from Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

(2012) Dhanraj B. Shinde et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Dramatic Fluorescence Enhancement of Bare Carbon Dots through Facile Reduction Chemistry

(2012) Ran Shen et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Polyethyleneimine modified fluorescent carbon dots and their application in cell labeling

(2012) Baofu Han et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Fluorescent Carbon Dots and Nanodiamonds for Biological Imaging: Preparation, Application, Pharmacokinetics and Toxicity

(2012) Jia-Hui Liu et al.   CURRENT DRUG METABOLISM

Photoluminescent carbogenic nanoparticles directly derived from crude biomass

(2012) Marta J. Krysmann et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Facile synthesis of highly emissive carbon dots from pyrolysis of glycerol; gram scale production of carbon dots/mSiO2 for cell imaging and drug release

(2012) Chih-Wei Lai et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Cutting sp2 clusters in graphene sheets into colloidal graphene quantum dots with strong green fluorescence

(2012) Dengyu Pan et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Carbon nanodots: synthesis, properties and applications

(2012) Haitao Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Facile synthesis of water-soluble, highly fluorescent graphene quantum dots as a robust biological label for stem cells

(2012) Mo Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Biodistribution study of carbogenic dots in cells and in vivo for optical imaging

(2012) Nan Li et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH

Preparation of Graphene Quantum Dots for Bioimaging Application

(2012) Liming Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Hidden Properties of Carbon Dots Revealed After HPLC Fractionation

(2012) John C. Vinci et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Unique chemical grafting of carbon nanoparticle on fabricated ZnO nanorod: Antibacterial and bioimaging property

(2012) Shouvik Mitra et al.   MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN

Graphene Quantum Dots Derived from Carbon Fibers

(2012) Juan Peng et al.   NANO LETTERS

Biocompatible polydopamine fluorescent organic nanoparticles: facile preparation and cell imaging

(2012) Xiaoyong Zhang et al.   Nanoscale

Large scale synthesis of photoluminescent carbon nanodots and their application for bioimaging

(2012) Bisang Chen et al.   Nanoscale

Magnetic-Nanoparticle-Doped Carbogenic Nanocomposite: An Effective Magnetic Resonance/Fluorescence Multimodal Imaging Probe

(2012) Sachchidanand Srivastava et al.   Small

Green, low-cost synthesis of photoluminescent carbon dots by hydrothermal treatment of willow bark and their application as an effective photocatalyst for fabricating Au nanoparticles–reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for glucose detection

(2012) Xiaoyun Qin et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Protein as the source for synthesizing fluorescent carbon dots by a one-pot hydrothermal route

(2012) Zhe Zhang et al.   RSC Advances

Graphene quantum dots with controllable surface oxidation, tunable fluorescence and up-conversion emission

(2012) Shoujun Zhu et al.   RSC Advances

Competitive Performance of Carbon “Quantum” Dots in Optical Bioimaging

(2012) Li Cao et al.   Theranostics

One-step preparation of nitrogen-doped graphenequantum dots from oxidized debris of graphene oxide

(2012) Chaofan Hu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Peroxynitrous-Acid-Induced Chemiluminescence of Fluorescent Carbon Dots for Nitrite Sensing

(2011) Zhen Lin et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Reverse Stern–Volmer behavior for luminescence quenching in carbon nanoparticles

(2011) Li Cao et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Intrinsically fluorescent carbon dots with tunable emission derived from hydrothermal treatment of glucose in the presence of monopotassium phosphate

(2011) Zheng-Chun Yang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Strongly green-photoluminescent graphene quantum dots for bioimaging applications

(2011) Shoujun Zhu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

One step synthesis of C-dots by microwave mediated caramelization of poly(ethylene glycol)

(2011) Amit Jaiswal et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

One-step synthesis of amino-functionalized fluorescent carbon nanoparticles by hydrothermal carbonization of chitosan

(2011) Yunhua Yang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Bottom-Up Fabrication of Photoluminescent Graphene Quantum Dots with Uniform Morphology

(2011) Ruili Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Carbon Nanoparticles as Visible-Light Photocatalysts for Efficient CO2Conversion and Beyond

(2011) Li Cao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Facile synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots using watermelon peel as a carbon source

(2011) Jiaojiao Zhou et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Toward quantitatively fluorescent carbon-based “quantum” dots

(2011) Parambath Anilkumar et al.   Nanoscale

One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of graphenequantum dots surface-passivated by polyethylene glycol and their photoelectric conversion under near-infrared light

(2011) Jianhua Shen et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

In Vivo NIR Fluorescence Imaging, Biodistribution, and Toxicology of Photoluminescent Carbon Dots Produced from Carbon Nanotubes and Graphite

(2011) Huiquan Tao et al.   Small

Analytical and bioanalytical applications of carbon dots

(2011) Joaquim C.G. Esteves da Silva et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Bandgap-Like Strong Fluorescence in Functionalized Carbon Nanoparticles

(2010) Xin Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

One-step ultrasonic synthesis of water-soluble carbon nanoparticles with excellent photoluminescent properties

(2010) Haitao Li et al.   CARBON

Synthesis of direct white-light emitting carbogenic quantum dots

(2010) Fu Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Commercially activated carbon as the source for producing multicolor photoluminescent carbon dots by chemical oxidation

(2010) Zhen-An Qiao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Facile preparation and upconversion luminescence of graphene quantum dots

(2010) Jianhua Shen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Preparation of carbon quantum dots with tunable photoluminescence by rapid laser passivation in ordinary organic solvents

(2010) Xiangyou Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Extraction of Electrochemiluminescent Oxidized Carbon Quantum Dots from Activated Carbon

(2010) Yongqiang Dong et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Fluorescent Carbon Dots Capped with PEG200 and Mercaptosuccinic Acid

(2010) Helena Gonçalves et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUORESCENCE

Controlled synthesis of green and blue luminescent carbon nanoparticles with high yields by the carbonization of sucrose

(2010) Jingchun Zhang et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

One-Pot Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Nanoribbons, Nanoparticles, and Graphene by the Exfoliation of Graphite in Ionic Liquids

(2009) Jiong Lu et al.   ACS Nano

Hydrothermal Route for Cutting Graphene Sheets into Blue-Luminescent Graphene Quantum Dots

(2009) Dengyu Pan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Blue Photoluminescence from Chemically Derived Graphene Oxide

(2009) Goki Eda et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Simple Aqueous Solution Route to Luminescent Carbogenic Dots from Carbohydrates

(2009) Hui Peng et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Nanosized Carbon Particles From Natural Gas Soot

(2009) Lei Tian et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Carbon Dots as Nontoxic and High-Performance Fluorescence Imaging Agents

(2009) Sheng-Tao Yang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Fluorescent Carbon Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Bioimaging Application

(2009) S. C. Ray et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Electrochemiluminescence of Water-Soluble Carbon Nanocrystals Released Electrochemically from Graphite

(2009) Liyan Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Carbon Dots for Optical Imaging in Vivo

(2009) Sheng-Tao Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Study on the fluorescence characteristics of carbon dots

(2009) Xiao-Jiao Mao et al.   SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

Facile preparation of low cytotoxicity fluorescent carbon nanocrystals by electrooxidation of graphite

(2008) Qiao-Ling Zhao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Photoluminescent Carbogenic Dots

(2008) Athanasios B. Bourlinos et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Acute Toxicity and Prothrombotic Effects of Quantum Dots: Impact of Surface Charge

(2008) Jorina Geys et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

One-step synthesis of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles by laser irradiation

(2008) Sheng-Liang Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Doped Carbon Nanoparticles as a New Platform for Highly Photoluminescent Dots

(2008) Ya-Ping Sun et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Quantum dots versus organic dyes as fluorescent labels

(2008) Ute Resch-Genger et al.   NATURE METHODS

Surface Functionalized Carbogenic Quantum Dots

(2008) Athanasios B. Bourlinos et al.   Small