摘要
In this work, we report the synthesis of holmium（III）-doped carbon nanodots（Ho BCDs） as fluorescence/magnetic resonance（FL/MR） dual-modal imaging probes via a facile hydrothermal process using citrate acid（CA）, branched-polyethylenimine（BPEI） and diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid hydrate holmium（III） dihydrogen salt（Ho-DTPA） as carbon source, passivating reagent and holmium source, respectively.The thus prepared Ho BCDs exhibited ultra-small particle size（~4 nm）, high water solubility and bright fluorescence with an absolute quantum yield of 8%. Additionally, grey-scaled T_1-weighted images of Ho BCDs solution appeared to be apparently brighter than that of deionized water and un-doped blue carbon nanodots（BCDs） solution. In addition, in vitro toxicity assay validated superior biocompatibility of Ho BCDs. Using He La cells as models, Ho BCDs-treated cells were observed to emit blue fluorescence located both in plasma and nucleus, and presented positive contrast enhancement in T_1-weighted images, suggesting their potentials for practical biomedical applications.
In this work, we report the synthesis of holmium（III）-doped carbon nanodots（Ho BCDs） as fluorescence/magnetic resonance（FL/MR） dual-modal imaging probes via a facile hydrothermal process using citrate acid（CA）, branched-polyethylenimine（BPEI） and diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid hydrate holmium（III） dihydrogen salt（Ho-DTPA） as carbon source, passivating reagent and holmium source, respectively.The thus prepared Ho BCDs exhibited ultra-small particle size（~4 nm）, high water solubility and bright fluorescence with an absolute quantum yield of 8%. Additionally, grey-scaled T_1-weighted images of Ho BCDs solution appeared to be apparently brighter than that of deionized water and un-doped blue carbon nanodots（BCDs） solution. In addition, in vitro toxicity assay validated superior biocompatibility of Ho BCDs. Using He La cells as models, Ho BCDs-treated cells were observed to emit blue fluorescence located both in plasma and nucleus, and presented positive contrast enhancement in T_1-weighted images, suggesting their potentials for practical biomedical applications.
基金
supported by grants from Tip-top Scientific and Technical Innovative Youth Talents of Guangdong special support program (No. 2014TQO1R417)
the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 171gjc09)
Shenzhen Basic Research Program(No.JCYJ20170307140752183)
