Facile Synthesis of Surface-Modified Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs) for Biosensing and Bioimaging
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Krakow, Poland
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Materials 2020, 13(15), 3313; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13153313
Received: 16 June 2020 / Revised: 20 July 2020 / Accepted: 21 July 2020 / Published: 25 July 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Materials for Biophotonics Applications)
Recently, fluorescent probes became one of the most efficient tools for biosensing and bioimaging. Special attention is focused on carbon quantum dots (CQDs), which are characterized by the water solubility and lack of cytotoxicity. Moreover, they exhibit higher photostability comparing to traditional organic dyes. Currently, there is a great need for the novel, luminescent nanomaterials with tunable properties enabling fast and effective analysis of the biological samples. In this article, we propose a new, ecofriendly bottom-up synthesis approach for intelligent, surface-modified nanodots preparation using bioproducts as a raw material. Obtained nanomaterials were characterized over their morphology, chemical structure and switchable luminescence. Their possible use as a nanodevice for medicine was investigated. Finally, the products were confirmed to be non-toxic to fibroblasts and capable of cell imaging.
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Keywords:
nanoparticles for imaging and sensing; bioinspired materials; materials for active optical elements
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Janus, Ł.; Radwan-Pragłowska, J.; Piątkowski, M.; Bogdał, D. Facile Synthesis of Surface-Modified Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs) for Biosensing and Bioimaging. Materials 2020, 13, 3313. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13153313
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Janus Ł, Radwan-Pragłowska J, Piątkowski M, Bogdał D. Facile Synthesis of Surface-Modified Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs) for Biosensing and Bioimaging. Materials. 2020; 13(15):3313. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13153313
Chicago/Turabian StyleJanus, Łukasz; Radwan-Pragłowska, Julia; Piątkowski, Marek; Bogdał, Dariusz. 2020. "Facile Synthesis of Surface-Modified Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs) for Biosensing and Bioimaging" Materials 13, no. 15: 3313. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13153313
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