Preparation and photodynamic antibacterial/anticancer effects of ultralong-lifetime room-temperature phosphorescent N-doped carbon dots
Yanming Miao, Xinhao Zhang, Jinyao Li, Wenli Yang, Xiaomin Huang, Jinzhi Lv
Abstract
The URTP CNDs largely extends the collision time between T 1 state exciton and O 2 , which improve quantum yield of singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) in solutions, facilitating the photodynamic antibacterial and anticancer effects.
Topics & Concepts
Singlet oxygenQuantum yieldNanomaterialsPhosphorescenceMaterials scienceNanotechnologyBiocompatibilityQuantum dotPhotochemistryDopingChemistryOxygenOptoelectronicsOrganic chemistryFluorescenceOpticsMetallurgyPhysicsCarbon and Quantum Dots ApplicationsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsNanocluster Synthesis and Applications