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ArticleJournal of fluorescence2025

Surface Passivation of Carbon Dots for Tunable Biological Performance.

Mary M Mikhail, Hanan B Ahmed, Amira E M Abdallah, Mahmoud El-Shahat, Hossam E Emam

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Article in Journal of fluorescence, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 authors.

Mary M MikhailChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain-Helwan, 11795, Cairo, Egypt.
Hanan B AhmedChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain-Helwan, 11795, Cairo, Egypt. hananbasiony@gmail.com.
Amira E M AbdallahChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain-Helwan, 11795, Cairo, Egypt.
Mahmoud El-ShahatPhotochemistry Department, Chemical Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, 33 EL Buhouth St., Dokki, 12622, Giza, Egypt.
Hossam E EmamDepartment of Pretreatment and Finishing of Cellulosic Fibers, Textile Research and Technology Institute, National Research Centre, 33 EL Buhouth St., Dokki, 12622, Giza, Egypt. hossamelemam@yahoo.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent investigations were shifted this trend toward exploring the biomedical applicability of CDs, relevant to chronic diseases. Herein, a systematic approach is demonstrated for studying the effect of variation in the surface passivation of CDs for tuning its optical character and biological performance. Alginate and pectin were successfully clustered oxygen-surface passivated CDs, while, chitin was used to nucleate nitrogen-surface passivated CDs. Pectin-treated with base (4.1 ± 1.8 nm) and chitin-treated acid (3.5 ± 1.7 nm) were ingrained the smallest O-surface passivated CDs and N-surface passivated CDs, respectively. However, N-surface passivated CDs were shown with the highest optical activity. CDs colloids prepared from alginate, pectin & chitin, resulted in reduction of tumor cell viability percentage to be 80.8%, 74.0% & 69.0% respectively. O-surface passivated CDs nucleated from alginate showed the highest anti-proliferative effects. Moreover, O-surface passivated CDs (from alginate) showed the supremacy in inhibition of inflammation, while, increasing of its concentration ten times resulted in significant increment in inhibition percent to be 28% & 42%, using 1 μg/mL & 10 μg/mL, respectively. In summarization, it could be decided that, compared to N-surface passivated CDs (from chitin), O-surface passivated CDs (from alginate) showed excellency in application as a concurrent anti-inflammatory/antitumor drug, to be applied as a potential therapeutical reagent for treatment of inflammation, in production of vaccines, immune-therapeutics, and immune-suppressive drugs.

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Antineoplastic AgentsCarbonQuantum DotsAlginatesAnimalsCell ProliferationCell SurvivalChitinHumansPectinsSurface PropertiesAlginatesAntineoplastic AgentsCarbonChitinPectinsAnti-inflammationOptical charactersSurface passivationTumor Anti-proliferativeTunable CDs

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