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Chemical Communications

Fluorescent vesicles formed by simple surfactants induced by oppositely-charged carbon quantum dots†

Xiaofeng Sun,ab   Qinghong Zhang,a   Keyang Yin,a   Shengju Zhouab  and  Hongguang Li*a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication & Laboratory of Clean Energy Chemistry and Materials, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
E-mail: hgli@licp.cas.cn

b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Abstract

We show for the first time that stable fluorescent vesicles can be constructed by mixing oppositely-charged carbon quantum dots (CQDs) and simple surfactants in water, and can be potentially used as a new generation of biomarkers and drug delivery vehicles.

Graphical abstract: Fluorescent vesicles formed by simple surfactants induced by oppositely-charged carbon quantum dots

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC05783G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Jul 2016
Accepted
25 Aug 2016
First published
25 Aug 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 12024-12027

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Fluorescent vesicles formed by simple surfactants induced by oppositely-charged carbon quantum dots

X. Sun, Q. Zhang, K. Yin, S. Zhou and H. Li, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 12024 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC05783G

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