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Ascorbic acid assisted green route for synthesis of water dispersible carbon dots

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Conventional quantum dots inherently carry the risk of cytotoxicity. Considering the biomedical limitations, an amino acid and vitamin were utilized to prepare highly luminescent carbon dots. Ascorbic acid and lysine were used to synthesize water soluble carbon dots which are highly biocompatible as both reactants and essential nutrients.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China

    Faisal Nawaz, Liang Wang & Long-feng Zhu

  2. Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310028, P. R. China

    Xiang-ju Meng & Feng-Shou Xiao

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20973079) and the Graduate Innovation Fund of Jilin University, China(No.20121051).

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Nawaz, F., Wang, L., Zhu, Lf. et al. Ascorbic acid assisted green route for synthesis of water dispersible carbon dots. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 29, 401–403 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-013-2339-9

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