Figure 4

(a) Confocal fluorescence microscopy images of living cells cultured for 36 h without GQDs (left) and with GQDs (right) as observed (top row) and merged with the bright field images (bottom row). The stained nuclei are represented in blue while GQDs appear in purple. The fluorescence intensity distributions as determined by flow cytometry after 36 and 90 hours of cultivation are shown in (b,c) respectively. Here, the left parts show the evolution just in the culture medium and the right parts that one in the presence of the GQDs.