Green preparation of fluorescent carbon dots from lychee seeds and their application for the selective detection of methylene blue and imaging in living cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (33) ◽  
pp. 6783-6789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingyue Xue ◽  
Mengbing Zou ◽  
Jingjin Zhao ◽  
Zhihua Zhan ◽  
Shulin Zhao

A green approach was developed for the preparation of fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) by using lychee seeds as precursors, and the CDs were employed as fluorescence probes for the detection of methylene blue and imaging in living cells.

2021 ◽  
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Hongmei Li ◽  
Qi Chen ◽  
...  

Fusobacterium nucleatum has been employed for the first time to synthesize fluorescent carbon dots which could be applied for the determination of Fe3+ ions in living cells and bioimaging in vitro and in vivo with excellent biocompatibility.


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Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 736-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuo Guo ◽  
Yuanqiang Sun ◽  
Xin Geng ◽  
Ran Yang ◽  
Lehui Xiao ◽  
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Intrinsic lysosomal targeting carbon dots were synthesized with ultrastability for long-term lysosome imaging of living cells and drug-induced apoptotic cells.


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Author(s):  
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Monitoring the pH in living cells is of great significance for a deeper understanding of cellular functions for effective disease diagnosis.


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2020 ◽  
Vol 145 (14) ◽  
pp. 4931-4936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huajuan Deng ◽  
Chang Tian ◽  
Zhiwen Gao ◽  
Shu-Wei Chen ◽  
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...  

In this study, novel fluorescent carbon dots were prepared via a simple hydrothermal method for the detection of Fe+3 ions in aqueous solutions and imaging in living cells.


2019 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 479-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
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...  

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