Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5400140 | Journal of Luminescence | 2014 | 25 Pages |
Abstract
Due to the unique optical and chemical features of quantum dots and the special structural advantages of carbon nanohorns, it is highly desirable to synthesize nanohorns/quantum dots nanocompsite which can be applied in cell labeling and in vivo imaging. Here, we report a new method which uses chitosan as connector to synthesize nanohorns/chitosan/quantum dots fluorescent nanocomposite. Further more, the synthesized nanocomposite demonstrated strong red fluorescence and had been successfully used in Hela cells labeling and in vivo imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans).
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Authors
Jing Li, Zhe He, Changrun Guo, Liping Wang, Shukun Xu,