Orange-emissive carbon quantum dots for ligand-directed Golgi apparatus-targeting and <i>in vivo</i> imaging
Ying Ying Wei, Lin Chen, Xin Zhang, Jing Du, Qiang Li, Jing Luo, Xuguang Liu, Yongzhen Yang, Shi Ping Yu, Yu Gao
Abstract
. The surface Cys residues of CQDs actively target the Cys receptors on the surface of the Golgi apparatus to achieve Golgi apparatus-targeting imaging.
Topics & Concepts
Quantum dotGolgi apparatusIn vivoChemistryLigand (biochemistry)BiophysicsNanotechnologyCarbon quantum dotsMaterials scienceBiochemistryBiologyReceptorBiotechnologyCellCarbon and Quantum Dots ApplicationsNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials