@article{eebe97aabc8f499bbfa48cc83ecd66d4,
title = "Highly Oxidized Graphene Quantum Dots from Coal as Efficient Antioxidants",
abstract = "Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have recently been employed in various fields including medicine as antioxidants, primarily because of favorable biocompatibility in comparison to common inorganic quantum dots, although the structural features that lead to the biological activities of GQDs are poorly understood. Here, we report that coal-derived GQDs and their poly(ethylene glycol)-functionalized derivatives serve as efficient antioxidants, and we evaluate their electrochemical, chemical, and in vitro biological activities.",
keywords = "antioxidant, carbon nanotechnology, coal, graphene quantum dots, superoxide dismutase",
author = "Lizanne Nilewski and Kimberly Mendoza and Jalilov, {Almaz S.} and Vladimir Berka and Gang Wu and Sikkema, {William K.A.} and Andrew Metzger and Ruquan Ye and Rui Zhang and Luong, {Duy Xuan} and Tuo Wang and Emily McHugh and Derry, {Paul J.} and Samuel, {Errol Lo{\"i}c} and Kent, {Thomas A.} and Tsai, {Ah Lim} and Tour, {James M.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was funded by The Alliance for NanoHealth Grant W81XWH-09-02-0139, National Institutes of Health Grants HL095820 and NS084290-01; R01-NS094535 and R21-NS084290 (T.A.K., J.M.T., A.L.T.) the Dunn Foundation (J.M.T.), National Defense Science Engineering Graduate Fellowship (K.M.) and grant no. BE-0048 from the Welch Foundation (T.A.K.). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 American Chemical Society.",
year = "2019",
month = may,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1021/acsami.9b01082",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "11",
pages = "16815--16821",
journal = "ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces",
issn = "1944-8244",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
number = "18",
}