Fluorescent carbon dots and the application in biomedicine.
- Author:
Shuang ZHANG
;
Huile GAO
;
Shun SHEN
;
Weiliang WANG
;
Jun QIAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica
2014;49(9):1258-66
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
As a new type of carbon nanomaterials, fluorescent carbon dots (fluorescent CDs) have many advantages when compared with the traditional fluorescent probes. They are photoluminescence stable and resistance to photo bleaching. Moreover, they are excellent in biocompatibility, low-toxic and easy to modify. All these above make them a promising optical image material as a probe in optical image. This article reviews structure, the common carbon sources, the preparation methods, and the light-emitting principles of the carbon dots. We also introduce the research progress of fluorescent carbon dots in biomedicine, and the problems need to be resolved in the study of fluorescent CDs.
