Interactions of Bimodal Magnetic and Fluorescent Nanoparticles Based on Carbon Quantum Dots and Iron-Carbon Nanocomposites with Cell Cultures.

Interactions of bimodal (fluorescent and magnetic) nanoparticles with HeLa cells were studied. The nanoparticles, characterized by high magnetic moment and relaxing capacity, exhibited fluorescence sufficient for their use as labels in confocal microscopy and flow cytometry. Penetration of these nanoparticles into the cell depended on their surface charge: positively charged nanoparticles of this structure penetrated inside, while negatively charged particles were not found in the cells.