Autor: |
Jin Li, Kai Tang, Jianxin Yu, Hanqin Wang, Mingli Tu, Xiaobo Wang |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2019 |
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Zdroj: |
Royal Society Open Science, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2019) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2054-5703 |
DOI: |
10.1098/rsos.181557 |
Popis: |
A facile one-step hydrothermal synthesis approach was proposed to prepare nitrogen and chlorine co-doped carbon dots (CDs) using l-ornithine hydrochloride as the sole precursor. The configuration and component of CDs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopies. The obtained CDs (Orn-CDs) with a mean diameter of 2.1 nm were well monodispersed in aqueous solutions. The as-prepared CDs exhibited a bright blue fluorescence with a high yield of 60%, good photostability and low cytotoxicity. The emission of Orn-CDs could be selectively and effectively suppressed by Fe3+. Thus, a quantitative assay of Fe3+ was realized by this nanoprobe with a detection limit of 95.6 nmol l−1 in the range of 0.3–50 µmol l−1. Furthermore, ascorbic acid could recover the fluorescence of Orn-CDs suppressed by Fe3+, owing to the transformation of Fe3+ to Fe2+ by ascorbic acid. The limit of detection for ascorbic acid was 137 nmol l−1 in the range of 0.5–10 µmol l−1. In addition, the established method was successfully applied for Fe3+ and ascorbic acid sensing in human serum and urine specimens and for imaging of Fe3+ in living cells. Orn-CD-based sensing platform showed its potential to be used for biomedicine-related study because it is cost-effective, easily scalable and can be used without additional functionalization and sample pre-treatment. |
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