A Low-Concentration Hydrothermal Synthesis of Biocompatible Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Nanospheres with Tunable and Uniform Size

Mesoporous carbon nanoparticles with uniform spherical morphology were fabricated through a low-concentration hydrothermal synthesis route. The diameters can be tuned from 20 to 140 nm by varying the reagent concentration. The highly ordered mesoporous carbon nanospheres with high surface area and large pore volume show low cytotoxicity and can easily penetrate into living cells. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.