A facile, green, and solvent-free route to nitrogen-sulfur-codoped fluorescent carbon nanoparticles for cellular imaging

Hong Huang, Ya Chun Lu, Ai Jun Wang, Jin Hua Liu, Jian Rong Chen, Jiu Ju Feng

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Abstract

A simple, green, and solvent-free method was developed for large-scale preparation of fluorescent nitrogen-sulfur-codoped carbon nanoparticles (NSCPs) by direct thermal treatment of gentamycin sulfate at 200 °C. The as-prepared NSCPs displayed high water-solubility, long lifetime (14.01 ns), high quantum yield (27.2%), excellent stability, and low cytotoxicity, and can be used as a probe for cellular imaging.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11872-11875
Number of pages4
JournalRSC Advances
Volume4
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

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