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Graphene Quantum Dots for Cell Proliferation, Nucleus Imaging, and Photoluminescent Sensing Applications.

Scientific Reports 2017 November 21
We report a simple one-pot microwave assisted "green synthesis" of Graphene Quantum Dots (GQDs) using grape seed extract as a green therapeutic carbon source. These GQDs readily self-assemble, hereafter referred to as "self-assembled" GQDs (sGQDs) in the aqueous medium. The sGQDs enter via caveolae and clathrin-mediated endocytosis and target themselves into cell nucleus within 6-8 h without additional assistance of external capping/targeting agent. The tendency to self-localize themselves into cell nucleus also remains consistent in different cell lines such as L929, HT-1080, MIA PaCa-2, HeLa, and MG-63 cells, thereby serving as a nucleus labelling agent. Furthermore, the sGQDs are highly biocompatible and act as an enhancer in cell proliferation in mouse fibroblasts as confirmed by in vitro wound scratch assay and cell cycle analysis. Also, photoluminescence property of sGQDs (lifetime circa (ca.) 10 ns) was used for optical pH sensing application. The sGQDs show linear, cyclic and reversible trend in its fluorescence intensity between pH 3 and pH 10 (response time: ~1 min, sensitivity -49.96 ± 3.5 mV/pH) thereby serving as a good pH sensing agent. A simple, cost-effective, scalable and green synthetic approach based sGQDs can be used to develop selective organelle labelling, nucleus targeting in theranostics, and optical sensing probes.

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