Down- and up-conversion photoluminescence of carbon-dots from brewing industry waste : application in live cell-imaging experiments

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, Carime Vitória da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Corrêa, José Raimundo, Aiube, Carlos Martins, Andrade, Lorena Pereira de, Galvão, Pedro M., Costa, Pâmela A., Campos, Ariadna L., Pereira, Anderson J., Ghesti, Grace Ferreira, Felix, Jorlandio F., Weber, Ingrid T., Neto, Brenno A., Rodrigues, Marcelo O.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UnB
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/29694; http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-5053.20150291
• topic: Resíduos industriais; Pontos quânticos de carbono; Fotoluminescência; Células

Simple synthetic procedures have been applied to obtain luminescent carbon quantum dots, also referred as C-dots, from an abundant carbon source, that is, from the brewing industry waste. The synthetic procedures have been conducted aiming to investigate the effects of the oxidation stage on the properties of the nanomaterial. C-dots down- and up-conversion properties, as well as their potential for cellular imaging experiments in live (and adhered) cells, are disclosed herein.