Red emissive carbon dots as a fluorescent sensor for fast specific monitoring and imaging of polarity in living cells
Zheng Yang, Hui Li, Tiantian Xu, Mengyao She, Jiao Chen, Xiaodan Jia, Ping Liu, Xiangrong Liu, Jianli Li
Abstract
This work presents red emissive CDs as a promising fluorescent sensor with excellent photostability, high fluorescence quantum yield, and negligible cytotoxicity for real-time sensing and visualizing polarity changes in mitochondria and lysosomes.
Topics & Concepts
FluorescencePolarity (international relations)Quantum yieldCytotoxicityChemistryPhotochemistryMaterials scienceBiophysicsNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsCellBiochemistryBiologyOpticsIn vitroPhysicsCarbon and Quantum Dots ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection