Near‐infrared light‐mediated nanoplatforms for cancer thermo‐chemotherapy and optical imaging

Z Zhang, J Wang, C Chen - Advanced Materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
While thermo‐chemotherapy has proved to be effective in optimizing the efficacies of cancer
treatments, traditional chemotherapy is subject to adverse side effects and heat delivery is …

Novel fluorescent carbonic nanomaterials for sensing and imaging

AP Demchenko, MO Dekaliuk - Methods and applications in …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Small brightly fluorescent carbon nanoparticles have emerged as a new class of materials
important for sensing and imaging applications. We analyze comparatively the properties of …

[PDF][PDF] Highly photoluminescent carbon dots for multicolor patterning, sensors, and bioimaging.

S Zhu, Q Meng, L Wang, J Zhang, Y Song… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2013 - researchgate.net
Fluorescent carbon-based materials have drawn increasing attention in recent years owing
to exceptional advantages such as high optical absorptivity, chemical stability …

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 …

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 nanoparticle-based fluorescent bioimaging probes

SK Bhunia, A Saha, AR Maity, SC Ray, NR Jana - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Fluorescent nanoparticle-based imaging probes have advanced current labelling
technology and are expected to generate new medical diagnostic tools based on their …

[PDF][PDF] Simple and green synthesis of nitrogen-doped photoluminescent carbonaceous nanospheres for bioimaging

W Li, Z Zhang, B Kong, S Feng, J Wang… - Angew. Chem. Int …, 2013 - academia.edu
Carbon nanomaterials, including carbon nanotubes,[1] fullerenes,[2] graphene,[3] and
porous carbons,[4] have attracted tremendous attention owing to their unique properties and …

Modulation and effects of surface groups on photoluminescence and photocatalytic activity of carbon dots

S Hu, R Tian, Y Dong, J Yang, J Liu, Q Chang - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
To demonstrate the effects of surface atoms on photoluminescence (PL) and photocatalytic
activities of luminescent carbon dots (CDs), we design and tailor the surface groups of CDs …

A review of optical imaging and therapy using nanosized graphene and graphene oxide

JL Li, B Tang, B Yuan, L Sun, XG Wang - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
Nanosized graphene and graphene oxide (GO) are photoluminescent due to the presence
of bandgaps and edges/defects. The excellent photostability of these nanomaterials makes …

Surfactant-derived amphiphilic carbon dots with tunable photoluminescence

O Kozák, KKR Datta, M Greplová, V Ranc… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We present a new class of fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) prepared hydrothermally from
cationic surfactant cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC). Because of the high carbon content …