Facile fabrication of luminescent organic dots by thermolysis of citric acid in urea melt, and their use for cell staining and polyelectrolyte microcapsule labelling

Nadezhda M. Zholobak, Anton L. Popov, Alexander B. Shcherbakov, Nelly R. Popova, Mykhailo M. Guzyk, Valeriy P. Antonovich, Alla V. Yegorova, Yuliya V. Scrypynets, Inna I. Leonenko, Alexander Ye. Baranchikov and Vladimir K. Ivanov
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1905–1917. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.7.182

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Facile fabrication of luminescent organic dots by thermolysis of citric acid in urea melt, and their use for cell staining and polyelectrolyte microcapsule labelling
Nadezhda M. Zholobak, Anton L. Popov, Alexander B. Shcherbakov, Nelly R. Popova, Mykhailo M. Guzyk, Valeriy P. Antonovich, Alla V. Yegorova, Yuliya V. Scrypynets, Inna I. Leonenko, Alexander Ye. Baranchikov and Vladimir K. Ivanov
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1905–1917. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.7.182

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Zholobak, N. M.; Popov, A. L.; Shcherbakov, A. B.; Popova, N. R.; Guzyk, M. M.; Antonovich, V. P.; Yegorova, A. V.; Scrypynets, Y. V.; Leonenko, I. I.; Baranchikov, A. Y.; Ivanov, V. K. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1905–1917. doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.182

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