1. Hydrothermal synthesis of blue-fluorescent monolayer BN and BCNO quantum dots for bio-imaging probes
- Author
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Minshen Zhu, Qi Xue, Huijie Zhang, Haibo Zeng, Yang Huang, Yan Huang, Chunyi Zhi, Zengxia Pei, Xiufeng Song, and Zifeng Wang
- Subjects
Materials science ,General Chemical Engineering ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Nitride ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Hydrothermal circulation ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Boron nitride ,Quantum dot ,Monolayer ,Hydrothermal synthesis ,0210 nano-technology ,Boron ,Carbon - Abstract
Fluorescent monolayer boron nitride based quantum dots, including boron nitride quantum dots and boron carbon oxynitride quantum dots, were successfully fabricated via a hydrothermal method by cutting the bulk material assisted by a basic solution. The boron nitride/boron carbon oxynitride quantum dots are water-soluble with uniform lateral sizes around 3.3 and 4.0 nm respectively. The application of the as-prepared quantum dots as promising bio-imaging probes was demonstrated through labeling HeLa cells with boron nitride/boron carbon oxynitride quantum dots, indicating single layered boron nitride/boron carbon oxynitride quantum dots could be further used in biological applications.
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- 2016