Analytical and bioanalytical applications of carbon dots

JCGE da Silva, HMR Gonçalves - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) comprise a recently discovered class of strongly fluorescent, emission-
color-tuning and non-blinking nanoparticles with great analytical and bioanalytical potential …

Nanoparticles as contrast agents for in-vivo bioimaging: current status and future perspectives

MA Hahn, AK Singh, P Sharma, SC Brown… - Analytical and …, 2011 - Springer
Nanoparticle-based contrast agents are quickly becoming valuable and potentially
transformative tools for enhancing medical diagnostics for a wide range of in-vivo imaging …

Carbon nanodots as peroxidase mimetics and their applications to glucose detection

W Shi, Q Wang, Y Long, Z Cheng, S Chen… - Chemical …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanodots (C-Dots) were found to possess intrinsic peroxidase-like activity, and
could catalytically oxidize 3, 3′, 5, 5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) by H2O2 to produce a …

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

H Li, X He, Y Liu, H Huang, S Lian, ST Lee, Z Kang - Carbon, 2011 - Elsevier
Monodispersed water-soluble fluorescent carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) were synthesized
directly from glucose by a one-step alkali or acid assisted ultrasonic treatment. The CNPs …

Facile preparation and upconversion luminescence of graphene quantum dots

J Shen, Y Zhu, C Chen, X Yang, C Li - Chemical communications, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
A facile hydrazine hydrate reduction of graphene oxide (GO) with surface-passivated by a
polyethylene glycol (PEG) method for the fabrication of graphene quantum dots (GQDs) with …

Microwave assisted one-step green synthesis of cell-permeable multicolor photoluminescent carbon dots without surface passivation reagents

X Wang, K Qu, B Xu, J Ren, X Qu - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
A facile, economic and green one-step microwave synthesis route towards
photoluminescent carbon dots is proposed. The preparation requires a carbohydrate …

Highly luminescent organosilane‐functionalized carbon dots

F Wang, Z Xie, H Zhang, C Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The first use of an organosilane as a coordinating solvent to synthesize highly luminescent
(quantum yield= 47%) amorphous carbon dots (CDs) in one minute is reported. The CDs …

Peroxynitrous-acid-induced chemiluminescence of fluorescent carbon dots for nitrite sensing

Z Lin, W Xue, H Chen, JM Lin - Analytical chemistry, 2011 - ACS Publications
In this work, chemiluminescent (CL) property of the carbon dots in the presence of
peroxynitrous acid was studied. Peroxynitrous acid is formed by online mixing of nitrite and …

Enhancing the luminescence of carbon dots with a reduction pathway

H Zheng, Q Wang, Y Long, H Zhang… - Chemical …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Blue luminescent reduced state carbon dots were prepared by reducing carbon dots with
NaBH4. The quantum yield of the reduced state carbon dots increased from 2% to 24% and …

Highly selective detection of phosphate in very complicated matrixes with an off–on fluorescent probe of europium-adjusted carbon dots

HX Zhao, LQ Liu, Z De Liu, Y Wang, XJ Zhao… - Chemical …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Highly selective detection of phosphate in very complicated matrixes with an off–on fluorescent
probe of europium -adjusted carbon dots - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) …