Issue 75, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Highly luminescent biocompatible carbon quantum dots by encapsulation with an amphiphilic polymer†

Colin Fowley,a   Bridgeen McCaughan,a   Andrea Devlin,a   Ibrahim Yildiz,b   Françisco M. Raymo*b  and  John F. Callan*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK
E-mail: j.callan@ulster.ac.uk

b Laboratory for Molecular Photonics, Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, 1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, Florida 33146-0431, USA
E-mail: fraymo@miami.edu

Abstract

Highly luminescent, water-soluble and biocompatible Carbon Quantum Dots (aqCQDs) were prepared by encapsulating the parent hydrophobic CQDs in an amphiphilic polymer. The resulting aqCQDs were non-toxic to living cells, and were found to cross the cell membrane and localise primarily in the cytosol.

Graphical abstract: Highly luminescent biocompatible carbon quantum dots by encapsulation with an amphiphilic polymer

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC34962K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Jul 2012
Accepted
01 Aug 2012
First published
03 Aug 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 9361-9363

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Highly luminescent biocompatible carbon quantum dots by encapsulation with an amphiphilic polymer

C. Fowley, B. McCaughan, A. Devlin, I. Yildiz, F. M. Raymo and J. F. Callan, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 9361 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC34962K

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