One-pot synthesis of N-doped carbon dots with tunable luminescence properties

N-Doped carbon dots synthesized by a one-pot solvothermal route displayed tunable luminescence due to different N contents. They could be directly applied in the imaging of peritoneal macrophages of mice. This study provides a new method to tune the luminescence of carbon-based materials through non-metal doping.

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