Fei Leng

TL;DR: Bombyx mori silk, which has high nitrogen content, is employed as a raw material to prepare photoluminescent nitrogen-doped carbon dots through one-pot hydrothermal synthesis, and it is found that the as-prepared CDs have a photolUMinescence (PL) quantum yield of 13.9%, and display amphoteric properties depending on the pH.

TL;DR: A one-step synthesis of water soluble and pH-responsive trypsin-stabilized fluorescent copper nanoclusters was reported without using additional protective or reducing agents, and the as-prepared CuNCs exhibited highly stable properties including oxidation resistance, thermal stability and photostability.

TL;DR: Folic acid has been conjugated to the outer surface of the mesoporous silica composites by the amide reaction in order to deliver target anticancer drug, and it is found that cellular uptake of the folate conjugate doxorubicin-loaded nanoparticles in folate receptor-overexpressing HeLa cells is much higher than that of non-folate receptor, indicating that successful targeting drug release has realized.

TL;DR: A simple, rapid, highly sensitive and selective fluorometric method for the detection of coralyne is developed based on an organic small molecule-participating interaction between its aptamer and graphene oxide, where GO acts as an efficient signal-to-background enhancer.

TL;DR: A new approach for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) gene sequence detection was described based on the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) from oligonucleotide-templated silver nanoclusters (DNA–AgNCs) to multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs).