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Carbon dots for copper detection with down and upconversion fluorescent properties as excitation sources

Authors :
Belén Fernández
María Camprubí-Robles
Francisco Santoyo-Gonzalez
Luis Fermín Capitán-Vallvey
Maria J. Ruedas-Rama
Christian Pritz
Alfonso Salinas-Castillo
Maria Ariza-Avidad
Annelies Schrott-Fischer
Alejandro Lapresta-Fernández
Alicia Megia-Fernandez
Source :
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 49(11)
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

Carbon dots were synthesized by a simple and green strategy for selective and sensitive Cu(2+) ion detection using both down and upconversion fluorescence. These fluorescent nanosensors show low cytotoxicity and are applied for intracellular sensing and imaging of Cu(2+) in biological systems.

Details

ISSN :
1364548X
Volume :
49
Issue :
11
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....ddc7ac44f2627224ba0fc5f0db9ce5d8