Journal Article10.1002/ANIE.201206791
A Biocompatible Fluorescent Ink Based on Water-Soluble Luminescent Carbon Nanodots
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TL;DR: Carbon nanodots (C-dots) are fascinating carbon material that are attracting increasing interest because they possess distinct benefits, such as chemical inertness, a lack of opticalblinking, low photobleaching, low cytotoxicity, and excellent biocompatibility.
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Abstract: Carbon nanodots (C-dots) are fascinating carbon materialsthat are attracting increasing interest because they possessdistinct benefits, such as chemical inertness, a lack of opticalblinking, low photobleaching, low cytotoxicity, and excellentbiocompatibility, compared with organic dyes and othersemiconductor nanodots with heavy metal cores.
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