Photoluminescent carbon dots as biocompatible nanoprobes for targeting cancer cells in vitro

Carbon nanoparticles become photoluminescent upon surface passivation with oligomeric polymer chains. In this work, the dependence of the carbon dots photoluminescent properties on the passivation polymer selection has been demonstrated by conjugating polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains, polyethylenimi...

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Main Authors: Li, Qin, Ohulchanskyy, T., Liu, R., Koynov, K., Wu, D., Best, A., Kumar, R., Bonoiu, A., Prasad, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Chemical Society 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44638