title: Fluorescence-Converging Carbon Nanodots-Hybridized Silica Nanosphere.
abstract: Ultrabright carbon nanodots-hybridized silica nanospheres (CSNs) are synthesized through the Stöber process of silane functionalized C-dots. The fluorescence of carbon nanodots is converged intensely. A CSN is about 3800 times brighter than a single-carbon nanodot. Along with their high brightness and low cytotoxicity, CSNs also indicate their potential application in cellular labeling.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Virology, The Institute for Advanced Studies and Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Cui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Virology, The Institute for Advanced Studies and Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Virology, The Institute for Advanced Studies and Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Virology, The Institute for Advanced Studies and Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jing-Ya
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Virology, The Institute for Advanced Studies and Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Ling
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Virology, The Institute for Advanced Studies and Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ling-Hong
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Virology, The Institute for Advanced Studies and Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Virology, The Institute for Advanced Studies and Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ling-Ling
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Virology, The Institute for Advanced Studies and Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China. dwpang@whu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Dai-Wen
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Pang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002460:Cell Line; D005453:Fluorescence; D006801:Humans; D054118:Nanospheres / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D045663:Quantum Dots / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D002244:Carbon; D012822:Silicon Dioxide
keywords: biolabeling; carbon nanodots; fluorescence converging; nanospheres