Abstract
Nanothermometers, which can precisely detect the intracellular temperature changes, have great potential to solve questions concerning the cellular processes. Thus, the temperature sensors that provide fluorescent “turn-on” signals in the biological transparency window are of highly desirable. To meet these criteria, this work reported a new “turn-on” carbon dot (CD)-based fluorescent nanothermometry device for sensing temperature in living cells. The CDs that emit bright red fluorescence (R-CDs; λmax = 610 nm in water) were synthesized with o-phenylenediamine as carbon precursor via a facile solvothermal method. The R-CDs in water were almost nonfluorescent at 15 °C. As the temperature increased, the fluorescence intensity of R-CDs exhibited a gradual increase and the final enhancement factor was greater than 21-fold. The fluorescence intensity exhibited a linear response to temperature and a high-sensitive variation of ≈13.3 % °C−1 was detected within a broad temperature range of 28–60 °C. Moreover, the R-CD thermal sensors also exhibited high storage stability, excellent response reversibility and superior photo- and thermo-stability. Due to its good biocompatibility and “intelligent” response to external temperature, the nanothermometer could be applied for sensing temperature changes in biological media.
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