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ArticleNanoscale advances2022

One-pot synthesis of robust dendritic sulfur quantum dots for two-photon fluorescence imaging and "off-on" detection of hydroxyl radicals and ascorbic acid.

Jisuan Tan, Yiheng Song, Xuanjun Dai, Guan Wang, Li Zhou

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Article in Nanoscale advances, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Jisuan TanKey Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metal and Materials (Ministry of Education), Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology Guilin 541004 China zhouli@glut.edu.cn.
Yiheng SongKey Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metal and Materials (Ministry of Education), Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology Guilin 541004 China zhouli@glut.edu.cn.
Xuanjun DaiKey Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metal and Materials (Ministry of Education), Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology Guilin 541004 China zhouli@glut.edu.cn.
Guan WangInstitute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment, ASTAR Singapore 138634 Singapore.
Li ZhouKey Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metal and Materials (Ministry of Education), Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology Guilin 541004 China zhouli@glut.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0650-5256
Guilin University of Technology · CNAgency for Science, Technology and Research · SG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The straightforward preparation of fluorescent sulfur quantum dots (SQDs) with good photostability and biocompatibility and multifunction remains a challenge. Herein, a simple method to improve the performance of SQDs is reported, that is, using hyperbranched polyglycerol (HPG) as a ligand to direct the synthesis of dendritic HPG-SQD nanocomposites from cheap elemental sulfur. Thanks to the protection of HPG, the HPG-SQDs show much better biocompatibility and photostability as compared with the widely reported polyethylene glycol (PEG) ligand-capped SQDs (PEG-SQDs). In addition, the HPG-SQDs also present excellent aqueous solubility, stable fluorescence against environmental variation, good cell uptake capability, and strong single- and two-photon fluorescence. Moreover, the HPG-SQDs display sensitive and selective fluorescence "off-on" behavior to hydroxyl radicals (˙OH) and ascorbic acid (AA), respectively, and thereby hold potential as a fluorescent switch to detect ˙OH and AA. For the first time, the utilization of two-photon fluorescence of HPG-SQDs to monitor ˙OH and AA in cells is demonstrated in this study.

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