Near-infrared emission carbon dots for bio-imaging applications

LI Li-ping; REN Xiao-feng; BAI Pei-rong; LIU Yan; XU Wei-yue; XIE Jun; ZHANG Rui-ping

doi:10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60041-0

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LI Li-ping, REN Xiao-feng, BAI Pei-rong, LIU Yan, XU Wei-yue, XIE Jun, ZHANG Rui-ping. Near-infrared emission carbon dots for bio-imaging applications. New Carbon Mater., 2021, 36(3): 632-638. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60041-0

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LI Li-ping, REN Xiao-feng, BAI Pei-rong, LIU Yan, XU Wei-yue, XIE Jun, ZHANG Rui-ping. Near-infrared emission carbon dots for bio-imaging applications. New Carbon Mater., 2021, 36(3): 632-638. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60041-0

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Near-infrared emission carbon dots for bio-imaging applications

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60041-0

LI Li-ping^{1, 2
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REN Xiao-feng¹,
BAI Pei-rong²,
LIU Yan²,
XU Wei-yue²,
XIE Jun^{1
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ZHANG Rui-ping^{2
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School of Basic Medical Science, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan 030032, China

Funds: We thank Prof. LIU Yaodong and Dr. Mohammad Sohail for their written support. This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82001962), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M661056), Shanxi Province Science Foundation for Youths (201901D211337), Scientific and Technological Innovation Programs of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi (2019L0407)

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李利平，讲师. E-mail: liliping_8103@163.com
Corresponding author: XIE Jun, Professor. E-mail: junxie@sxmu.edu.cn; ZHANG Rui-ping, Professor. E-mail: zrp_7142@sxmu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2021-04-07
Rev Recd Date: 2021-05-07

Available Online: 2021-05-26

Publish Date: 2021-06-01

Abstract

Abstract

It is very difficult to prepare red/near-infrared emission carbon dots (CDs) for bio-imaging applications which are needed because of their deep tissue penetration, minimal auto-fluorescence, and low emission light damage to bio-tissues. Near-infrared emitting CDs (NIR-CDs) were synthesized from sulfonated tetraphenylporphyrin using a solvothermal method. They have excitation-independent properties with a maximum emission at 692 nm. Studies showed that this unique near-infrared emission mainly originated from the aggregated molecular states of the CDs. The NIR-CDs showed good water solubility, exceptional biocompatibility, low toxicity, and superior cellular labelling ability. This work could significantly advance the structural design and preparation of NIR-CDs and corresponding bio-imaging applications.
- Near-infrared emission,
- Molecular states,
- Cellular labelling,
- Bio-imaging

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