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Multicolor Fluorescent Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots for Sensing Cancer Cell Biomarkers.

ABSTRACT: Onion-like carbon nanoparticles were synthesized from diamond nanoparticles to be used as the precursor for graphene oxide quantum dots. Onion-like carbon nanoparticles were exfoliated to produce two types of nanoparticles, graphene oxide quantum dots that showed size-dependent fluorescence and highly stable inner cores. Multicolor fluorescent quantum dots were obtained and characterized using different techniques. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed a range of emission wavelengths spanning from red to blue with the highest intensity shown by green fluorescence. Using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, we calculated a unit cell size of 2.47 Å in a highly oxidized and defected structure of graphene oxide. A diameter of ca. 4 nm and radius of gyration of ca. 11 Å were calculated using small-angle X-ray scattering. Finally, the change in fluorescence of the quantum dots was studied when single-stranded DNA that is recognized by telomerase was attached to the quantum dots. Their interaction with the telomerase present in cancer cells was observed and a change was seen after six days, providing an important application of these modified graphene oxide quantum dots for cancer sensing.

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