Green synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots from spices for in vitro imaging and tumour cell growth inhibition

Nagamalai Vasimalai, Vânia Vilas-Boas, Juan Gallo, María de Fátima Cerqueira, Mario Menéndez-Miranda, José Manuel Costa-Fernández, Lorena Diéguez, Begoña Espiña and María Teresa Fernández-Argüelles
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 530–544. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.51

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Supporting Information features emission spectra of cinnamon, red chilli and turmeric C-dots, as well as cell viability studies and ESI-QTOF spectra of black pepper C-dots and piperine standard.

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Green synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots from spices for in vitro imaging and tumour cell growth inhibition
Nagamalai Vasimalai, Vânia Vilas-Boas, Juan Gallo, María de Fátima Cerqueira, Mario Menéndez-Miranda, José Manuel Costa-Fernández, Lorena Diéguez, Begoña Espiña and María Teresa Fernández-Argüelles
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 530–544. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.51

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Vasimalai, N.; Vilas-Boas, V.; Gallo, J.; Cerqueira, M. d. F.; Menéndez-Miranda, M.; Costa-Fernández, J. M.; Diéguez, L.; Espiña, B.; Fernández-Argüelles, M. T. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 530–544. doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.51

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