Hydrothermal Conversion of One-Photon-Fluorescent Poly(4-vinylpyridine) into Two-Photon-Fluorescent Carbon Nanodots
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- 作者：Katherine Lawrence ; Fengjie Xia ; Rory L. Arrowsmith ; Haobo Ge ; Geoffrey W. Nelson ; John S. Foord ; M贸nica Felipe-Sotelo ; Nick D. M. Evans ; John M. Mitchels ; Stephen E. Flower ; Stanley W. Botchway ; Daniel Wolverson ; Gazi N. Aliev ; Tony D. James ; Sofia I. Pascu ; Frank Marken
- 刊名：Langmuir
- 出版年：2014
- 出版时间：October 7, 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：30
- 期：39
- 页码：11746-11752
- 全文大小：467K
- ISSN：1520-5827
文摘
A novel two-photon-fluorescent N,O-heteroatom-rich carbon nanomaterial has been synthesized and characterized. The new carbon nanoparticles were produced by hydrothermal conversion from a one-photon-fluorescent poly(4-vinylpyridine) precursor (P4VP). The carbonized particles (cP4VP dots) with nonuniform particle diameter (ranging from sub-6 to 20 nm with some aggregates up to 200 nm) exhibit strong fluorescence properties in different solvents and have also been investigated for applications in cell culture media. The cP4VP dots retain their intrinsic fluorescence in a cellular environment and exhibit an average excited-state lifetime of 2.0 卤 0.9 ns in the cell. The cP4VP dots enter HeLa cells and do not cause significant damage to outer cell membranes. They provide one-photon or two-photon fluorescent synthetic scaffolds for imaging applications and/or drug delivery.