A simple one-step synthesis of melanin-originated red shift emissive carbonaceous dots for bioimaging

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• 作者：Chuan Hu^a ; ¹ ; Yongmei Liu^b ; ¹ ; Jiantao Chen^a ; Qin He^a ; Huile Gao^a ; ^{gaohuile@scu.edu.cn" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Carbonaceous dots ; Red shift emission ; Bioimaging ; Melanin
• 刊名：Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：15 October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：480
• 期：Complete
• 页码：85-90
• 全文大小：1541 K

文摘

Carbonaceous dots (CDs) are superior nanomaterials owing to their promising luminescence properties and good biocompatibility. However, most CDs have relatively short excitation/emission, which restrict their application in bioimaging. In this study, a simple one-step procedure was developed for synthesis of melanin-originated CDs (MNPs). The MNPs showed two long red shift emissions at 570 nm and 645 nm with broad absorptions from 200 nm to 400 nm and 500 nm to 700 nm, suggesting the great potential of MNPs in bioimaging. Besides, several experiments indicated that MNPs possessed good serum stability and well blood compatibility. In vitro, MNPs could be taken up by C6 cell in a concentration- and time-dependent manner with endosomes involved. In conclusion, MNPs were prepared using a simple one-step method with unique optical and good biological properties and could be used for bioimaging.