Functionalizing nanoparticles with biological molecules: developing chemistries that facilitate nanotechnology

KE Sapsford, WR Algar, L Berti, KB Gemmill… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Bionanotechnology has now become firmly established in its own right as one of the
principle and focused subdisciplines within nanotechnology.(1-10) Bionanotechnology can …

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

L Li, G Wu, G Yang, J Peng, J Zhao, JJ Zhu - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
To obtain graphene-based fluorescent materials, one of the effective approaches is to
convert one-dimensional (1D) graphene to 0D graphene quantum dots (GQDs), yielding an …

[PDF][PDF] Carbon-based dots co-doped with nitrogen and sulfur for high quantum yield and excitation-independent emission.

Y Dong, H Pang, HB Yang, C Guo, J Shao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2013 - spms.ntu.edu.sg
Quantum dots (QDs) are nanoparticles with size-dependent optical and electronic properties
that have been proposed for various applications, such as energy-efficient displays and …

Highly luminescent S, N co-doped graphene quantum dots with broad visible absorption bands for visible light photocatalysts

D Qu, M Zheng, P Du, Y Zhou, L Zhang, D Li, H Tan… - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
A facile hydrothermal synthesis route to N and S, N co-doped graphene quantum dots
(GQDs) was developed by using citric acid as the C source and urea or thiourea as N and S …

Strong two-photon-induced fluorescence from photostable, biocompatible nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots for cellular and deep-tissue imaging

Q Liu, B Guo, Z Rao, B Zhang, JR Gong - Nano letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
Bright two-photon fluorescent probes are highly desirable to be able to optically probe
biological activities deep inside living organisms with larger imaging depth, minor …

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

D Sun, R Ban, PH Zhang, GH Wu, JR Zhang, JJ Zhu - Carbon, 2013 - Elsevier
A novel one-step approach was developed for the large-scale synthesis of sulfur-and
nitrogen-co-doped carbon dots (S–N–C-dots) by using sulfuric acid carbonization and …

Carbon “quantum” dots for optical bioimaging

PG Luo, S Sahu, ST Yang, SK Sonkar… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dots, generally referring to small carbon nanoparticles with various levels of surface
passivation, have emerged as a new class of quantum dot-like fluorescent nanomaterials …

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

K Qu, J Wang, J Ren, X Qu - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A facile, economic and green one‐step hydrothermal synthesis route using dopamine as
source towards photoluminescent carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) is proposed. The as …

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

Q Liang, W Ma, Y Shi, Z Li, X Yang - Carbon, 2013 - Elsevier
A simple approach for the synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots (CQDs) has been developed
by the hydrothermal treatment of gelatin in the presence only pure water. The as …

Photoluminescence properties of graphene versus other carbon nanomaterials

LI Cao, MJ Meziani, S Sahu, YP Sun - Accounts of chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Photoluminescent nanomaterials continue to garner research attention becauseof their
many applications. For many years, researchers have focused on quantum dots (QDs) of …