ANALYST
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2023
·Vol. 149
·期 4
·1212-1220
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IF 4.2
Feng Li,Kai-Qi Liu,Wen-Juan Wang,Zhen-Tao Jiang,Fen-Ying Kong,Heng-Ye Li,Zhong-Xia Wang,Wei Wang
A fluorometric method based on boron, bromide-codoped carbon dots (BBCNs) was developed for the first time for the highly selective detection of p-nitroaniline (PNA) in wastewater samples. It should be noted that the introduction of bromine greatly increases the molecular polarizability of the probe, which can regulate the energy level matching between the probe and PNA, resulting in the interaction between BBCNs and PNA. In the presence of PNA, the fluorescence of BBCNs is obviously quenched and accompanied by a red shift of the fluorescence band, which might be attributed to the formation of aggregates caused by the polar adsorption of BBCNs and PNA. It is beneficial for constructing a highly selective sensing platform for PNA determination compared to its isomers (o-nitroaniline and m-nitroaniline) through atomic bromine-mediated polarization of the BBCNs. With the help of this mechanism, an excellent linear range of 0.5–300 μM with a low detection limit of 0.24 μM toward PNA was obtained. This work further confirms that there is a significant relationship between the nature of doping elements and the optical and physicochemical properties of fluorescent materials.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2023
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IF 15.1
Bo Liu,Siyu Lu,Kun Yang,Xuechen Dou,Xiangling Feng,Haoran Cui,Fan Li,Feng Tian
Procalcitonin (PCT) is a crucial biomarker for diagnosing bacterial infections in clinical settings. Here, a biosensing system utilizing a fluorescence amplification system of nanocapsules and magnetic carbon dots was developed. The system incorporated two PCT sensing strategies: highly sensitive immunomagnetic separation and rapid homogeneous immunoassay. In these strategies, nanocapsules modified with antibodies function as immunosensors and energy transmitters, while magnetic carbon dots modified with antibodies serve as capture probes and immunosensors. The immunomagnetic separation analysis strategy utilized immunonanocapsules as sensors and immunomagnetic carbon dots as capture probes. This strategy demonstrated the capability to achieve ultrasensitive trace detection of PCT within the range of 1–1000 pg/mL, following normal immunoreactivity and magnetic separation. The limit of detection to 0.3 pg/mL (serum) and 0.33 pg/mL (plasma). Via the fluorescence resonance energy transfer principle, the homogeneous immunoassay strategy used immunonanocapsules as energy transmitters and immunomagnetic carbon dots as sensors. This enabled direct and rapid detection of PCT in a wide range of 0–100 ng/mL in diluted serum, with a limit of detection of 0.41 ng/mL. Both strategies demonstrated high recoveries (93.5%-104.6% and 98.4%-103.8%) and exhibited reliability in achieving accurate quantitative PCT detection. Such a novel analytical approach to PCT may broaden the potential uses of carbon dots-based immunofluorescent sensing. Furthermore, it was direct implications for ultrasensitive and rapid point-of-care detection of various serum biomarkers in clinical settings.
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LUMINESCENCE
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2025
·Vol. 40
·期 4
·e70175
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IF 3
Jiaoyan Xie,Suqin Han
Folic acid (FA) is a crucial B vitamin for cell formation and maintenance, and its deficiency can lead to severe health disorders, highlighting the importance for accurate FA detection. Chemiluminescence (CL) provides a highly sensitive analytical approach, characterized by simple instrumentation, high accuracy, and low background interference. However, traditional CL techniques are often limited by weak signal intensity and poor robustness. This study presents a novel CL system using well-defined fluorescent Cl, S, N co-doped carbon dots (ClSN-CDs) integrated into the H 2 O 2 -KBrO 3 system. Under acidic conditions, the synergistic effect of H 2 O 2 and KBrO 3 induced ClSN-CDs to emit a strong CL signal, with the emitting species identified as excited-state ClSN-CDs. Trace amounts of FA significantly quenched the CL intensity of the ClSN-CDs-H 2 O 2 -KBrO 3 system, enabling rapid, sensitive, and selective FA detection. The system demonstrated a linear response to FA concentrations ranging from 0.02 to 1.0 μM, with a detection limit of 3.1 nM. Selectivity and recovery studies validated the system's robust analytical performance. Mechanistic investigations revealed that the CL reaction involved reactive oxygen species (ROS), and FA-mediated ROS consumption led to luminescence suppression.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2024
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IF 8.1
Juan Jia,Xiaomin Guo,Ying Tang,Wenjing Zeng,Hui Zeng,Zebao Rui
Construction of efficient and economically controllable catalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen production to relieve environmental and energy pressures remains an ongoing challenge. Herein, indium zinc sulfide supported carbon dots (CDs) and Ni 3 P hybrid (CDs/Ni 3 P/ZnIn 2 S 4 ) is designed as a robust catalyst for photothermal catalytic hydrogen production by water splitting. The co-introduction of CDs/Ni 3 P on ZnIn 2 S 4 as electron acceptors effectively enhances the photon harvest capacity and separation efficiency of photogenerated charges, and ultimately leads to excellent photothermal catalytic hydrogen production performance. The average hydrogen production rate of CDs/Ni 3 P/ZnIn 2 S 4 reaches 1880.78 μmol g −1 h −1 under 50 °C and full spectrum irradiation of 200 mW cm −2 , which is ∼8.8 times higher than the pristine ZnIn 2 S 4 and ranges among those over noble metal catalysts. Such a work provides a reliable route for the design of non-precious photothermal catalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen production.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2025
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IF 8.2
Jiang Zhai,Su-Yu Liu,Qing Li,Chang Liu,Xiao-Qing Yu,Guo-Xing Li,Su Chen
3D printing efficiency, as a key indicator of additive manufacturing technology, directly affects its competitiveness in rapid prototyping, small batch production, and even large-scale industrial applications. Compared with traditional manufacturing methods, the high efficiency of 3D printing is often considered a bottleneck, hindering its application across various fields. Herein, a versatile and efficient strategy is proposed, namely, the dimensional reduction printing (DRP) process, to break the obstacle of high efficiency of 3D printing. Specifically, the self-healing CDs/PMMA nanocomposites were constructed via introducing carbon dots (CDs) synthesized by microfluidics into poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) materials. Under the assistance of abundant hydrogen bonding and the entanglement of polymer chains, the fabricated CDs/PMMA nanocomposites exhibited outstanding self-healing properties, which can be utilized as ideal printing inks to achieve a highly efficient 3D printing process through assembling the printed simple 1D and 2D components into complex 3D models. We firmly believe that the DRP strategy opens up an idea for the design of a 3D printing process and points out the direction for the meaningful application of 3D printing technologies.
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Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications
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2021
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IF 7.328
Xiangping Wen,Guangming Wen,Wenyan Li,Zhonghua Zhao,Xine Duan,Wenjun Yan,John F. Trant,Yingqi Li
Fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) were hydrothermally synthesized from a mixture of frozen tofu, ethylenediamine and phosphoric acid in an efficient 64% yield. The resulting CDs exhibit good water solubility, low cytotoxicity, high stability, and excellent biocompatibility. The CDs selectively and sensitively detect Co 2+ through fluorescent quenching with a detection limit of 58 nM. Fluorescence can be restored through the introduction of EDTA, and this phenomenon can be used to quantify EDTA in solution with a detection limit of 98 nM. As both analytes are detected by the same CD platform, this is an “off-on” fluorescence sensor for Co 2+ and EDTA. The technique's robustness for real-world samples was illustrated by quantifying cobalt in tap water and EDTA in contact lens solution. The CDs were also evaluated for in vivo imaging as they show low cytotoxicity and excellent cellular uptake. In a zebrafish model, the CDs are rapidly adsorbed from the intestine into the liver, and are essentially cleared from the body in 24 h with no appreciable bioaccumulation. Their simple and efficient synthesis, combined with excellent physical and chemical performance, renders these CDs attractive candidates for theranostic applications in targeted “smart” drug delivery and bioimaging.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2022
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IF 9.221
Yujuan Qin,Pengcheng Huang,Fang-Ying Wu
With food safety problems abounding, it is essential to explore some efficient and effective methods for monitoring food quality. To this end, we have developed a histamine-responsive carbon dots (CDs)-based sensing system for visual monitoring of food spoilage. In this system, the aldehyde group on the surface of CDs serves as the recognition sites to combine with the amino group on histamine to form a Schiff base that effectively enhances the fluorescence. On the other hand, 1-aminoanthraquinone (ANQ) was introduced as a reference signal to endow the fluorescent probe with self-calibrating capacity. As the histamine concentration increases, linear ratiometric response was obtained accompanied with a distinguishable fluorescence color change from red to blue. Besides, test strips-based smartphone visual assays were successfully used to evaluate and monitor the histamine levels in fish samples. Our proposed sensing strategy has been demonstrated to be efficient and robust along with great potential for real-time visual monitoring of food spoilage.
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Surfaces and Interfaces
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2022
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IF 6.137
Shuting Zhang,Junjie Chen,Qilei Zhang,Xingyu Liu,Aiqi Wang,Wenjie Sun,Jundong Huang,Changlian Peng,Qianming Wang
Mikania, a well-accepted invasive plant in nature, has been difficult to be completely removed even based on chemical herbicides. Moreover, the employment of chemical herbicides will lead to hazardous results to health or environment. In this study, the whole-new carbon polymer quantum dots (CPDs) have been afforded in the light of Mikania as the carbon source. Moreover, sesame has been selected as a plant model and the effect of such kind of nanoscale fertilizer on its growth has been explored. Results support that CPDs at a concentration of 0–0.4 mg/mL possess a physiological response to the germination and no toxicity has been observed. Confocal images demonstrate that CPDs can spread through the roots of sesame seeds to the stems and leaves. The utilization of micrantha-derived carbon quantum dots with fluorescence characteristics in the growth of sesame will give rise to new ideas for waste-plant management and biological control, and strengthen the importance of nanomaterials in related fields.
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MOLECULES
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2022
·Vol. 27
·期 19
·6749
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IF 4.927
Zhuang Xiang,Yuxiang Jiang,Chen Cui,Yuanping Luo,Zhili Peng
In this study, C-dots were facilely synthesized via microwave irradiation using citric acid and ethylenediamine as carbon precursors. The fluorescence emissions of the C-dots could be selectively quenched by Fe3+, and the degree of quenching was linearly related to the concentrations of Fe3+presented. This phenomenon was utilized to develop a sensitive fluorescence assay for Fe3+detection with broad linear range (0–250, 250–1200 μmol/L) and low detection limit (1.68 μmol/L). Most importantly, the assay demonstrated high reliability towards samples in deionized water, tap water and lake water, which should find potential applications for Fe3+monitoring in complicated environments.Keywords:Fe3+;fluorescence sensing;carbon dots;lake water;limit of detection
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Crystals
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 5
·812
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Yuanyuan Xiong,Mengxiao Chen,Zhen Mao,Yiqing Deng,Jing He,Huaixuan Mu,Peini Li,Wangcai Zou,Qiang Zhao
Carbon dots have drawn extensive attention in the detection of metal ions with good stability, excellent biocompatibility and low toxicity. Meanwhile, the quantum yield, response rate and the detection mechanism for Cu2+ions are vital to their development and application. To obtain more selective and sensitive materials to detect Cu2+ions, N-doped carbon dots (DN-CDs) were synthesized by a one-step hydrothermal method using citric acid as the carbon source and diethylenetriamine (DETA) as the nitrogen source. The obtained DN-CDs exhibited stable and intense blue light emission and special near-infrared up-conversion fluorescence at 820 nm, attributed to the effect of introducing N atoms into the structure of carbon dots. Due to the dynamic quenching of the DN-CDs by Cu2+ions, the fluorescence intensity (λex = 820 nm) of DN-CDs was quantitatively decreased in the presence of Cu2+ions. The DN-CDs had a rapid response within 3 min. The DN-CD system exhibited a linear relationship with a concentration range from 2.5 to 50 µM and low detection limit (LOD) of 42 nM. After careful investigation, an interesting conclusion was proposed: N-doped CDs with N/O = 1:1 or higher with relatively abundant N atoms prefer to detect Cu2+ions while those with N/O = 1:2 or lower prefer to detect Fe3+ions.Keywords:carbon dots;up-conversion fluorescence;Cu2+ions detection
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RSC Advances
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 30
·21088-21095
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IF 3.9
Fang-Jun Cao,Xiang Hou,Kai-Feng Wang,Tie-Zhi Jin,Hui Feng
Fluorescent carbon nanomaterials have attracted increasing attention owing to their unique photoluminescence properties, good biocompatibility and low toxicity in bioimaging as well as biosensing. Heteroatom doping is usually used to improve photoluminescence properties by tuning the functional groups and the particle size domain effect, thus leading to redshifted emission. Here, we report a straightforward strategy for the fabrication of a mixture of fluorescent phosphorus and nitrogen carbon nanodots (P,N-CDs) followed by separating two kinds of fluorescent fractions based on their different negative charges. Such a one-pot hydrothermal method using formamide, urea and hydroxyethylidene diphosphonic acid as the precursor yields fluorescent P,N-CDs. Specifically, blue-emitting CDs (bCDs) and green-emitting CDs (gCDs) were separated by using column chromatography. The quantum yields of bCDs and gCDs were 20.33% and 1.92%, respectively. And the fluorescence lifetimes of bCDs and gCDs were 6.194 ns and 2.09 ns, respectively. What is more, the resultant P,N-CDs exhibited low toxicity and excellent biocompatibility. Confocal fluorescence microscopy images were obtained successfully, suggesting that P,N-CDs have excellent cell membrane permeability and cellular imaging. This work provides a promising fluorescent carbon nanomaterial with tunable emission as a probe for versatile applications in bioimaging, sensing and drug delivery.
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2025
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Guo Wei,Chuanliang Wang,Rui Wang,Xuhui Geng,Jinhua Li,Lingxin Chen,Zhihua Song
In this study, a novel carbon dots-based system was developed for the sequential quantification of Au 3+ and L-cysteine (L-Cys). The system comprises N,F-doped carbon dots (N,F-CDs), a custom-designed miniaturized fluorimeter, and test strips. The N,F-CDs exhibit outstanding optical properties, including a large Stokes shift (127 nm) and high fluorescence intensity. The test strips offer low-cost, low-volume sample consumption, while the miniaturized fluorimeter provides high sensitivity in a compact format. The system demonstrated excellent analytical performance, including high sensitivity (limits of detection: 0.048–0.488 μmol/L for Au 3+ and 8.7–40.9 nmol/L for L-Cys), minimal matrix interference (within ±20 %), high accuracy (97.5 % to 104.5 % for Au 3+ , 97.6 % to 107.5 % for L-Cys), good precision (2.9 % to 4.5 % for Au 3+ , 1.2 % to 7.0 % for L-Cys), robust stability, and strong inter/intra-day reproducibility (relative standard deviations ≤2.1 %). Furthermore, it showed high selectivity for Au 3+ and L-Cys in complex matrices such as tap water, milk, and lemon-flavored beverages.
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