Volume 51, Issue 49 pp. 12215-12218
Communication

A Biocompatible Fluorescent Ink Based on Water-Soluble Luminescent Carbon Nanodots

Prof. Songnan Qu

Prof. Songnan Qu

State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033 (China)

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Prof. Xiaoyun Wang

Prof. Xiaoyun Wang

School of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun 130012 (China)

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Prof. Qipeng Lu

Prof. Qipeng Lu

State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033 (China)

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Prof. Xingyuan Liu

Corresponding Author

Prof. Xingyuan Liu

State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033 (China)

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Prof. Lijun Wang

Corresponding Author

Prof. Lijun Wang

State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033 (China)

State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033 (China)Search for more papers by this author
First published: 29 October 2012
Citations: 1,115

This work is supported by the CAS Innovation Program, Jilin Province Science and Technology Research Project No. 201101080 and 20090346, and National Science Foundation of China No. 51103144, 61106057, 61274126.

Graphical Abstract

C-dots on hand: Luminescent carbon nanodots were synthesized and were shown to be biocompatible, have low toxicity, and distinctive photoluminescence properties. These C-dots are inexpensive to synthesize and could potentially be used for versatile applications, such as anticounterfeiting, information encryption, and information storage.

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