One-step synthesized fluorescent nitrogen doped carbon dots from thymidine for Cr (VI) detection in water

Autor: Jiawei Li, Jingzhou Hou, Qiang He, Mei Yang, Xianfeng Wang, Danqun Huo, Changjun Hou, Fanglin Ming
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 222:117165
ISSN: 1386-1425
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117165
Popis: A novel, simple and low-cost nitrogen doped carbon dots (N-CDs) fluorescent sensor for sensitive detection of Cr (VI) was developed via one-step hydrothermal method using thymidine as carbon source. As-prepared N-CDs exhibited the ability of sensitive and selective detection of Cr (VI) through the inner filter effect (IFE). The performances of N-CDs were investigated with the characterization methods of transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Under the optimized conditions, a good logarithm correlation between the fluorescence intensity of N-CDS and the concentration of Cr (VI) was obtained ranging from 0.1 μM to 430 μM (R2 = 0.992), with a low detection limit (LOD; S/N = 3) of 1.26 nM. The fluorescent sensor showed good repeatability, reproducibility and stability. Furthermore, N-CDs fluorescent sensor had a good applicability for Cr (VI) detection in real water samples with acceptable recoveries, and the detection results were consistent with the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) results, indicating this fluorescent sensor has a great potential for the environmental monitoring.
Databáze: OpenAIRE