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Xinjing Wei1, Li Li2, Jinlong Liu2
1MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001 , P. R. China.
Abstract:
Fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) have been synthesized via the calcination method using natural gynostemma as the precursor, without any toxic ingredients or surface passivation chemicals. CDs have a narrow size distribution, and the mean particle size is about 2.5 nm. CDs exhibit good water dispersibility and can emit intense blue fluorescence under 365 nm UV light in an aqueous solution, which can be stable in different conditions. The biotoxicity of CDs on the embryonic development of zebrafish is evaluated, the hatch rate and survival rate of embryos are around 90%, and the malformation rate is less than 10%. Because of the excellent fluorescence stability and biocompatibility, CDs can be used in zebrafish for bioimaging. In addition, the antioxidative stress property of CDs is investigated both in vitro and in vivo, and the presence of CDs can promote the mRNA expression of related genes to encode more antioxidant proteins in zebrafish. Therefore, fluorescent CDs would be a potential candidate for bioimaging and treating diseases caused by excessive oxidation damage, such as cancer, senility, and other diseases associated with aging.
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