Highly luminescent N-doped carbon dots as a fluorescence detecting platform for Fe<sup>3+</sup> in solutions and living cells
Huajuan Deng, Chang Tian, Zhiwen Gao, Shu-Wei Chen, Li Yang, Qingmiao Zhang, Ruijin Yu, Jinyi Wang
Abstract
In this study, novel fluorescent carbon dots were prepared <italic>via</italic> a simple hydrothermal method for the detection of Fe<sup>+3</sup> ions in aqueous solutions and imaging in living cells.
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FluorescenceLuminescenceAqueous solutionCarbon fibersHydrothermal circulationIonAnalytical Chemistry (journal)ChemistryNanotechnologyMaterials scienceNuclear chemistryPhysical chemistryChemical engineeringOptoelectronicsPhysicsEnvironmental chemistryOrganic chemistryOpticsComposite materialEngineeringComposite numberCarbon and Quantum Dots ApplicationsNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques