TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jovanović, Svetlana P.
AU  - Syrgiannis, Zois
AU  - Budimir, Milica
AU  - Milivojević, Dušan
AU  - Jovanović, Dragana J.
AU  - Pavlović, Vladimir B.
AU  - Papan, Jelena
AU  - Bartenwerfer, Malte
AU  - Mojsin, Marija
AU  - Stevanović, Milena J.
AU  - Todorović-Marković, Biljana
PY  - 2020
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/8672
AB  - Due to their low cost and possible green synthesis, high stability and resistance to photobleaching, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) can be considered as one of the class of carbon nanomaterials which may have great potential as an agent for photosensitized oxygen activation. In such a way, GQDs can be used as a theranostic agent in photodynamic therapy. In this work pristine GQDs, GQDs irradiated with gamma rays and GQDs doped with N and N, S atoms are produced using a simple, green approach. By using different techniques (AFM, HR-TEM, SEM-EDS, FTIR, XRD, PL and UV–Vis) we investigated structural and optical properties of the new types of GQDs. We showed that GQDs functionalized with thiourea (GQDs-TU) completely lost the ability to produce singlet oxygen (1O2) upon photoexcitation while functionalization with urea (GQDs-U) improves the capability of GQDs to produce 1O2 upon the same conditions. Thus, presented GQDs modification with urea seems like a promising approach for the production of the efficient photosensitizer. On the opposite, GQDs-TU are efficient [rad]OH quencher. Due to high singlet oxygen production and low cytotoxicity below 100 μg/mL against HeLa cells, GQDs-U is a good candidate as an agent in photodynamic therapy at this concentration. © 2019
T2  - Materials Science and Engineering: C
T1  - Graphene quantum dots as singlet oxygen producer or radical quencher - The matter of functionalization with urea/thiourea
VL  - 109
SP  - 110539
DO  - 10.1016/j.msec.2019.110539
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Jovanović, Svetlana P. and Syrgiannis, Zois and Budimir, Milica and Milivojević, Dušan and Jovanović, Dragana J. and Pavlović, Vladimir B. and Papan, Jelena and Bartenwerfer, Malte and Mojsin, Marija and Stevanović, Milena J. and Todorović-Marković, Biljana",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Due to their low cost and possible green synthesis, high stability and resistance to photobleaching, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) can be considered as one of the class of carbon nanomaterials which may have great potential as an agent for photosensitized oxygen activation. In such a way, GQDs can be used as a theranostic agent in photodynamic therapy. In this work pristine GQDs, GQDs irradiated with gamma rays and GQDs doped with N and N, S atoms are produced using a simple, green approach. By using different techniques (AFM, HR-TEM, SEM-EDS, FTIR, XRD, PL and UV–Vis) we investigated structural and optical properties of the new types of GQDs. We showed that GQDs functionalized with thiourea (GQDs-TU) completely lost the ability to produce singlet oxygen (1O2) upon photoexcitation while functionalization with urea (GQDs-U) improves the capability of GQDs to produce 1O2 upon the same conditions. Thus, presented GQDs modification with urea seems like a promising approach for the production of the efficient photosensitizer. On the opposite, GQDs-TU are efficient [rad]OH quencher. Due to high singlet oxygen production and low cytotoxicity below 100 μg/mL against HeLa cells, GQDs-U is a good candidate as an agent in photodynamic therapy at this concentration. © 2019",
journal = "Materials Science and Engineering: C",
title = "Graphene quantum dots as singlet oxygen producer or radical quencher - The matter of functionalization with urea/thiourea",
volume = "109",
pages = "110539",
doi = "10.1016/j.msec.2019.110539"
}

Jovanović, S. P., Syrgiannis, Z., Budimir, M., Milivojević, D., Jovanović, D. J., Pavlović, V. B., Papan, J., Bartenwerfer, M., Mojsin, M., Stevanović, M. J.,& Todorović-Marković, B.. (2020). Graphene quantum dots as singlet oxygen producer or radical quencher - The matter of functionalization with urea/thiourea. in Materials Science and Engineering: C, 109, 110539.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2019.110539

Jovanović SP, Syrgiannis Z, Budimir M, Milivojević D, Jovanović DJ, Pavlović VB, Papan J, Bartenwerfer M, Mojsin M, Stevanović MJ, Todorović-Marković B. Graphene quantum dots as singlet oxygen producer or radical quencher - The matter of functionalization with urea/thiourea. in Materials Science and Engineering: C. 2020;109:110539.
doi:10.1016/j.msec.2019.110539 .

Jovanović, Svetlana P., Syrgiannis, Zois, Budimir, Milica, Milivojević, Dušan, Jovanović, Dragana J., Pavlović, Vladimir B., Papan, Jelena, Bartenwerfer, Malte, Mojsin, Marija, Stevanović, Milena J., Todorović-Marković, Biljana, "Graphene quantum dots as singlet oxygen producer or radical quencher - The matter of functionalization with urea/thiourea" in Materials Science and Engineering: C, 109 (2020):110539,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2019.110539 . .