Facile and green synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots from the flowers of Abelmoschus manihot (Linn.) Medicus for sensitive detection of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol and cellular imaging

Autor: Die Gao, Kailian Zhang, Min Wang, Qifeng Fu, Yuyan Wan, Manjie Gao, Lujun Wang, Zhining Xia
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Microchemical Journal. 148:385-396
ISSN: 0026-265X
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2019.05.026
Popis: A new type of carbon dots (CDs) was synthesized via a one-pot hydrothermal method by using the flowers of Abelmoschus manihot (Linn.) Medicus as precursors for the first time. The CDs exhibited strong blue emission with a fluorescence quantum yield (QY) of 30.8%. Further, the fluorescence intensity of CDs was found to be rapidly and sensitively quenched by 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP), an environmental pollutant. The linear response of TNP ranged from 25 nM to 40 μM with a limit of detection (LOD) of 5 nM. Moreover, the fluorescence quenching effect of TNP on CDs was much higher than those for other competitive compounds and metal ions. The results demonstrated that CDs had high selectivity to TNP. Furthermore, the CDs were successfully applied for the determination of TNP in tap water and river water with the recoveries ranging from 92.6% to 113% (RSD
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