Highly stable and luminescent formamidinium-based perovskite nanocrystal probe for temperature and mercury sensors and <i>in vitro</i> imaging in live cells
Kajol Sahoo, Satish Kumar, Ashutosh Mohapatra, Nishant Kumar Dubey, Ramakanta Naik, Chandan Goswami, Saikat Bhaumik
Abstract
Silica and PMMA-coated Cs-doped FAPbBr 3 nanocrystals exhibit superior stability, enabling temperature and mercury-ion sensing. The nanocrystals were also tested as a fluorescent probe to detect Hg-ions inside mammalian cells.
Topics & Concepts
FormamidiniumMaterials scienceNanocrystalMercury (programming language)Perovskite (structure)LuminescenceNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsChemical engineeringEngineeringProgramming languageComputer sciencePerovskite Materials and ApplicationsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties