Cultivating Fluorescent Flowers with Highly Luminescent Carbon Dots Fabricated by a Double Passivation Method
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Physicochemical Characterization of CDs
2.2. Photoluminescence Properties
2.3. Biological Characteristics
3. Methods
3.1. Materials
3.2. Measurements
3.3. Preparation of Carbon Dots
3.4. MTT Assay of Cell Viability
3.5. Preparation of Fluorescent Flowers
3.6. The Longevity-Observing Tests of the Cut Flowers
3.7. Confocal Microscopy
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Han, S.; Chang, T.; Zhao, H.; Du, H.; Liu, S.; Wu, B.; Qin, S. Cultivating Fluorescent Flowers with Highly Luminescent Carbon Dots Fabricated by a Double Passivation Method. Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 176. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7070176
Han S, Chang T, Zhao H, Du H, Liu S, Wu B, Qin S. Cultivating Fluorescent Flowers with Highly Luminescent Carbon Dots Fabricated by a Double Passivation Method. Nanomaterials. 2017; 7(7):176. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7070176
Chicago/Turabian StyleHan, Shuai, Tao Chang, Haiping Zhao, Huanhuan Du, Shan Liu, Baoshuang Wu, and Shenjun Qin. 2017. "Cultivating Fluorescent Flowers with Highly Luminescent Carbon Dots Fabricated by a Double Passivation Method" Nanomaterials 7, no. 7: 176. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7070176