Issue 67, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Supramolecular quantum dots as biodegradable nano-probes for upconversion-enabled bioimaging†

Fei Zhao,a   Zhe Li,b   Lixia Wang,a   Chuangang Hu,a   Zhipan Zhang,*a   Chun Li ORCID logo *b  and  Liangti Qu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
E-mail: zhipan@bit.edu.cn, lqu@bit.edu.cn

b School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
E-mail: lichun@bit.edu.cn

Abstract

We report the biodegradable supramolecular quantum dots (SQDs) of hydrogen-bonded graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) with low cytotoxicity and desirable biocompatibility for promising upconversion-enabled fluorescent bio-probes. A remarkable biodegradation of up to 97% within 24 hours is presented.

Graphical abstract: Supramolecular quantum dots as biodegradable nano-probes for upconversion-enabled bioimaging

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC04831A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Jun 2015
Accepted
09 Jul 2015
First published
09 Jul 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 13201-13204

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Supramolecular quantum dots as biodegradable nano-probes for upconversion-enabled bioimaging

F. Zhao, Z. Li, L. Wang, C. Hu, Z. Zhang, C. Li and L. Qu, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 13201 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC04831A

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