Youxing Fang, Shaojun Guo, Dan Li, Chengzhou Zhu, Wen Ren, Shaojun Dong, and Erkang Wang*
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Easy Synthesis and Imaging Applications of Cross-Linked Green Fluorescent Hollow Carbon Nanoparticles State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, Jilin, People's Republic of China, and Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, People's Republic of China
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luorescent carbon nanoparticles (FCNs) are attracting considerable attention because of their potential applications in bioimaging,1,2 photocatalysis,3,4 and lightemitting devices.5 As an alternative for fluorescent chalcogenide semiconductor nanocrystals (QDs), FCNs are superior fluorescent nanomaterials with low toxicity, high chemical stability, and low environmental hazard.6 FCNs are generally small oxygenous carbon nanoparticles (
