Abstract
In recent years, carbon dots have shown great potential in biological imaging, drug delivery, and other fields. In this study, red fluorescent carbon dots with carboxyl functional groups on the surface were designed and prepared, and the fluorescence properties were studied. At the same time, the carbon dot was combined with dendritic macromolecules, and the aggregate particle size was about 25nm. This combination has good dispersion and stability in both water and methanol, and the DOX-loaded is about 6.72%. The small particle size makes it easy to enter the cells, so as to achieve the function of tumor treatment and cell imaging.
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Funding
This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21675091, 21574072, 21874078), the Taishan Young Scholar Program of Shandong Province (tsqn20161027), the Major Science and Technology Innovation Project of Shandong Province (2018CXGC1407), the Key Research and Development Project of Shandong Province (2016GGX102028, 2016GGX102039, 2017GGX20111), the Project of Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program (J15LC20), the People's Livelihood Science and Technology Project of Qingdao (166257nsh, 173378nsh), the Innovation Leader Project of Qingdao (168325zhc), the Postdoctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Qingdao, and the First Class Discipline Project of Shandong Province.