Multicolor Photoluminescent Carbon Dots à La Carte for Biomedical Applications

Dual-emission fluorescence probes that provide high sensitivity are key for biomedical diagnostic applications. Nontoxic carbon dots (CDs) are an emerging alternative to traditional fluorescent probes; however, robust and reproducible synthetic strategies are still needed to access materials with controlled emission profiles and improved fluorescence quantum yields (FQYs). Herein, we report a practical and general synthetic strategy to access dual-emission CDs with FQYs as high as 0.67 and green/blue, yellow/blue, or red/blue excitation-dependent emission profiles using common starting materials such as citric acid, cysteine, and co-dopants to bias the synthetic pathway. Structural and physicochemical analysis using nuclear magnetic resonance, absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in addition to transmission electron and atomic force microscopy (TEM and AFM) is used to elucidate the material's composition which is responsible for the unique observed photoluminescence properties. Moreover, the utility of the probes is demonstrated in the clinical setting by the synthesis of green/blue emitting antibody-CD conjugates which are used for the immunohistochemical staining of human brain tissues of glioblastoma patients, showing detection under two different emission channels.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

ACS applied materials & interfaces - 15(2023), 38 vom: 27. Sept., Seite 44711-44721

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Garcia-Millan, Teodoro [VerfasserIn]
Ramos-Soriano, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Ghirardello, Mattia [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xia [VerfasserIn]
Santi, Cristina Manuela [VerfasserIn]
Eloi, Jean-Charles [VerfasserIn]
Pridmore, Natalie [VerfasserIn]
Harniman, Robert L [VerfasserIn]
Morgan, David J [VerfasserIn]
Hughes, Stephen [VerfasserIn]
Davis, Sean A [VerfasserIn]
Oliver, Thomas A A [VerfasserIn]
Kurian, Kathreena M [VerfasserIn]
Galan, M Carmen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7440-44-0
Bioimaging
Carbon
Co-doped carbon dots
Dual fluorescence nanoprobes
Fluorescence modulation
Fluorescent Dyes
Glioblastoma detection
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.10.2023

Date Revised 28.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsami.3c08200

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362128073