A sensitive turn-on fluorescent probe for intracellular imaging of glutathione using single-layer MnO2 nanosheet-quenched fluorescent carbon quantum dots

Dinggeng He; Xiaoxiao Yang; Xiaoxiao He; Kemin Wang; Xue Yang; Xing He; Zhen Zou

doi:10.1039/c5cc05416h

A sensitive turn-on fluorescent probe for intracellular imaging of glutathione using single-layer MnO2 nanosheet-quenched fluorescent carbon quantum dots

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Oct 11;51(79):14764-7. doi: 10.1039/c5cc05416h. Epub 2015 Aug 24.

Authors

Dinggeng He¹, Xiaoxiao Yang, Xiaoxiao He, Kemin Wang, Xue Yang, Xing He, Zhen Zou

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Hunan University, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Changsha 410082, China. kmwang@hnu.edu.cn xiaoxiaohe@hnu.edu.cn.

PMID: 26299505
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc05416h

Abstract

A sensitive turn-on fluorescent sensor based on single-layer MnO2 nanosheet-quenched fluorescent carbon quantum dots has been developed for rapid and selective sensing of glutathione in aqueous solutions, as well as in living cells.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
Glutathione / chemistry*
Limit of Detection
Manganese Compounds / chemistry*
Nanostructures*
Oxides / chemistry*
Quantum Dots*
Spectrometry, Fluorescence

Substances

Fluorescent Dyes
Manganese Compounds
Oxides
manganese oxide
Glutathione