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Carbon Dots with Red Emission for Sensing of Pt<sup>2+</sup>, Au<sup>3+</sup>, and Pd<sup>2+</sup> and Their Bioapplications in Vitro and in Vivo
Red emissive carbon
dots (CDs) have drawn more and more attention due to their good organ
penetration depth and slight biological tissue photodamage. Herein,
the fluorescent CDs with red emission were synthesized by the facile
one-pot hydrothermal treatment of citric acid and neutral red and
they show red fluorescence both in aqueous solution and solid state.
The solution of CDs exhibits the quantum yield of 12.1%, good stability
against photobleaching, and low cytotoxicity. As-prepared CDs can
be used as a fluorescent probe for peculiar detection of Pt<sup>2+</sup>, Au<sup>3+</sup>, and Pd<sup>2+</sup>. Furthermore, the CDs show
excellent biocompatibility, which were successfully used as hopeful
bioimaging and biosensing of noble metal ions in PC12 cells and zebrafish