Journal ArticleOpen Access
3C–SiC Nanocrystals as Fluorescent Biological Labels
Authors
Author Affiliations
City University of Hong Kong, Southeast University, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Published InSmall
Year2008
Citations178
Abstract
Silicon carbide nanocrystals are water-soluble, chemically inert, and highly fluorescent, and they may be idealas biological labels. After the uptake of3C–SiC nanocrystals, human fetal osteoblast (hFOB) cells exhibit brightgreen–yellow fluorescence (see image).The nanoparticles show high resistanceagainst photobleaching with no significant cytotoxicity.
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