Title |
Experimental Investigations on Fluorescence Excitation and Depletion of Carbon Dots
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Published in |
Journal of Fluorescence, April 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/s10895-017-2082-6 |
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Authors |
Yunxia Wang, Zhenhua Bai, Qian Wang, Guiren Wang |
Abstract |
Carbon dots (CDs) can be readily synthesized and utilized as attractive fluorescent probes for a variety of applications. In this study, we have synthesized CDs using a previously published method and characterized their photo-physical properties. The resultant CDs possess prominent photo-stability and short emission wavelength in the violet region. Our study reveals that CDs, with weak photo-bleaching, enable them to be employed to achieve high spatial resolution in stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy. The depletion efficiency can reach 60%. More importantly, the shorter excitation wavelength of CDs contributes to further improvement of resolution for STED microscopy. An excellent candidate for fluorophores, these CDs have potential to be used in super-resolution imaging for STED microscopy. |
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