Boron-enriched rice-like homologous carbon nanoclusters with a 51.5% photoluminescent quantum yield for highly sensitive determination of endogenous hydroxyl radicals in living cells

This study designs a novel B-enrichment carbon nanoclusters with a high QYs of ∼51.5% by the introduction of the CN group and the boron-active centre, and which has been successfully applied for the assay of endogenous biomolecules in living cells.