| Literature DB >> 27801469 |
Stephen A Hill1, David Benito-Alifonso1, David J Morgan2, Sean A Davis1, Monica Berry1, M Carmen Galan1.
Abstract
A one-pot, three-minute, gram-scale synthesis of novel sp3-nanocrystalline, water-soluble, and fluorescent carbon dots (FCDs), from simple and cheap sugar starting materials is described. Mechanism studies showed that NH2-FCD formation proceeds via a crucial imine intermediate derived from reaction between a sugar hemiacetal and an amine. Moreover, we successfully demonstrate the utility of lactose functionalized FCDots (Lac-FCDots) as non-toxic fluorescent intracellular delivery vehicles.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27801469 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr07336k
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nanoscale ISSN: 2040-3364 Impact factor: 7.790