Fluorescent Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C₃N₄)-Embedded Hyaluronic Acid Microgel Composites for Bioimaging and Cancer-Cell Targetability as Viable Theragnostic.

ABSTRACT: Fluorescent graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) doped with various heteroatoms, such as B, P, and S, named ^Bg-C₃N₄, ^Pg-C₃N₄, and ^Sg-C₃N₄, were synthesized with variable band-gap values as diagnostic materials. Furthermore, they were embedded within hyaluronic acid (HA) microgels as g-C₃N₄@HA microgel composites. The g-C₃N₄@HA microgels had a 0.5-20 μm size range that is suitable for intravenous administration. Bare g-C₃N₄ showed excellent fluorescence ability with 360 nm excitation wavelength and 410-460 emission wavelengths for possible cell imaging application of g-C₃N₄@HA microgel co

SUBMITTER: Suner SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10893513 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature