Volume 52, Issue 31 pp. 8151-8155
Communication

Simple and Green Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Photoluminescent Carbonaceous Nanospheres for Bioimaging

Wei Li

Wei Li

Department of Chemistry, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, (P. R. China) http://www.mesogroup.fudan.edu.cn/

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Zehui Zhang

Zehui Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 (P. R. China)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Biao Kong

Biao Kong

Department of Chemistry, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, (P. R. China) http://www.mesogroup.fudan.edu.cn/

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Shanshan Feng

Shanshan Feng

Department of Chemistry, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, (P. R. China) http://www.mesogroup.fudan.edu.cn/

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Dr. Jinxiu Wang

Dr. Jinxiu Wang

Department of Chemistry, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, (P. R. China) http://www.mesogroup.fudan.edu.cn/

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Dr. Lingzhi Wang

Dr. Lingzhi Wang

Department of Chemistry, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, (P. R. China) http://www.mesogroup.fudan.edu.cn/

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Jianping Yang

Jianping Yang

Department of Chemistry, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, (P. R. China) http://www.mesogroup.fudan.edu.cn/

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Dr. Fan Zhang

Dr. Fan Zhang

Department of Chemistry, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, (P. R. China) http://www.mesogroup.fudan.edu.cn/

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Prof. Dr. Peiyi Wu

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Peiyi Wu

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 (P. R. China)

Peiyi Wu, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 (P. R. China)

Dongyuan Zhao, Department of Chemistry, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, (P. R. China) http://www.mesogroup.fudan.edu.cn/

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Prof. Dr. Dongyuan Zhao

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Dongyuan Zhao

Department of Chemistry, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, (P. R. China) http://www.mesogroup.fudan.edu.cn/

Peiyi Wu, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 (P. R. China)

Dongyuan Zhao, Department of Chemistry, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, (P. R. China) http://www.mesogroup.fudan.edu.cn/

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First published: 20 June 2013
Citations: 452

This work was supported by the State Key Basic Research Program of the PRC (2012CB224805, 2013CB934104), and the NSF of China (21210004).

Graphical Abstract

From silk to spheres: A large-scale synthesis of water-soluble nitrogen-doped polymer-like carbonaceous nanospheres with a uniform size of ca. 70 nm, through a simple and green hydrothermal process employing cocoon silk in water, has been developed. The resultant nanospheres show excellent photoluminescent properties, exhibit low toxicity, and are biocompatible for in vivo imaging.

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