SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2025
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Rui Zhou,Miao Dong,Yiwei Wu
N, Si, S co-doped graphene quantum dots (N, Si, S-GQDs) were synthesized from waste toner and glutathione (GSH) via a one-pot hydrothermal method. Combined with o-phenylenediamine (OPD), a rapid, visual, and autocatalytic ratiometric fluorescence sensor of N, Si, S-GQDs/OPD was fabricated for detecting Ag(I) and Fe(III) ions by producing 2,3-diaminophenazine (oxOPD) under pH 8, which emits yellow fluorescence at 560 nm while quenching the blue fluorescence of N, Si, S-GQDs at 440 nm due to an inner filter effect. With the increase of Ag(I)/Fe(III), the blue fluorescence of N, Si, S-GQDs at 440 nm was gradually weakened, along with the enhancement of yellow fluorescence at 560 nm. Hence, this color change from blue to yellow under UV light enables semi-quantitative visual detection. The sensor demonstrates high sensitivity with detection limits of 0.016 µg mL −1 for Ag(I) and 0.010 µg mL −1 for Fe(III), and it successfully detects these ions in lake and tap water without pretreatment. The autocatalytic mechanism involves Ag(I) and Fe(III) reduction to Ag nanoparticles and Fe(II), respectively, which further catalyze the reaction, enhancing selectivity and efficiency. The method is cost-effective, simple, and suitable for on-site environmental monitoring.
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NANO
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2022
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IF 1.438
Jie Cao,Weimin Hu,Qiuyan Li,Guo Lv,Weifeng Chen,Xiang Liu
Utilization of nonprecious metals to replace precious metals in the catalytic hydrolysis of hydrogen storage materials causes wide attention. Herein, nonprecious bimetallic nanoparticles loaded on N-doped graphene quantum dots (Co-Ni/N-GQDs) have been synthesized and applied in the hydrolysis of NH 3 BH 3 for the first time. It is demonstrated that Co-Ni/N-GQDs exhibit the obvious bimetallic synergies in the hydrolysis of NH 3 BH 3 , and the total turnover frequency (TOF) value reaches 19.94 mol H2 ⋅ mol Cat − 1 ⋅ min − 1 via the optimized design. This work first explored the catalytic performance for the nonprecious bimetallic nanoparticles loaded on N-GQDs in the hydrolysis of NH 3 BH 3 , greatly facilitating the development of both nonprecious metals and N-GQDs in the hydrogen evolution.
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材料科学
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催化化学
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氢能研究
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BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY
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2018
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IF 4.485
Dongzhi Yang,Xinyue Yao,Jingjing Dong,Na Wang,Yan Du,Shian Sun,Liping Gao,Yuanyuan Zhong,Chuntong Qian,Hao Hong
Due to the excellent photoluminescent properties and singlet oxygen (1O2) generating efficiency, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) with maximal emission in near-infrared region (NIR) exhibited great potential in cancer imaging and therapy. However, GQDs can be cleared quickly via the renal system in vivo because of their ultrasmall size, which leads to the compromised cancer cell killing efficacy. Here, we report a hybrid nanoplatform, where GQDs were incorporated into the cavity of hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles (hMSN) to form GQDs@hMSN-PEG nanoparticles (NPs). Optical characterization indicated that GQDs@hMSN-PEG NPs still maintained good absorption and emission properties from GQDs, and the composite NPs still possessed similar 1O2 generating efficiency. GQDs@hMSN-PEG NPs exhibited good biocompatibility in vitro and in vivo. High cargo-loading efficiency was achieved for doxorubicin (DOX), and the formed GQDs@hMSN(DOX)-PEG NPs showed the feasibility of tumor-oriented drug delivery. The extended retention time in tumor and good drug loading efficacy confirmed that GQDs@hMSN-PEG could serve as one promising candidate for combinational cancer treatment where photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy modules can be integrated into one system.
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纳米技术
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癌症研究
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药学科学
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生物医学工程
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2022
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IF 8.025
Cui Cheng,Haowei Zhong,Yuan Zhang,Xiaoran Gao,Jianmin Wang,Jingfeng Liu,Xiao Han
Clinically, systemic antibiotic therapy and traditional dressings care are not satisfactory in treating chronic diabetic ulcers (DU). Therefore, we presented sprayable antibacterial hydrogel for effective treatment of DU by using antibacterial macromolecules (quaternized chitosan, QCS, Mn ≈ 1.5 × 10 5 ), photothermal antibacterial nanoparticles (ε-poly- l -lysine grafted graphene quantum dots, GQDs-ε-PL) and miocompatible macromolecules (benzaldehyde-terminated four-arm poly(ethylene glycol), 4 arm PEG-BA) as materials. The results revealed that the hydrogel could be in situ formed in 70–89 s through dynamic imine bonds crosslinking and exhibited a pH-dependent swelling ability and degradability. The hydrogel could respond to bacterial triggered acidic environment to play a synergistic effect of chemotherapy and xenon light irradiated PTT, leading to the rupture of the bacterial membrane and the inactivation of bacteria, promoting the migration and proliferation of fibroblast cell, enhancing the adhesion of platelet endothelial cell, and finally accelerating the healing of infected diabetic wound. Moreover, the hydrogel displayed self-healing, hemostatic, and biocompatible abilities, which could provide a better healing environment for wound and further promote wound healing. Hence, the multifunctional hydrogel is expected to be a potential dressing for the clinical treatment of DU.
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生物医学工程
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材料科学
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药学
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TALANTA
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2019
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IF 4.916
Shengnan Wang,Xu Chu,Xiaoyan Xiang,Yan Cao
This study focused on the fluorescence antenna-sensitizing effect of graphene quantum dots (GQDs) in a case on the detection of terbium ions. A simple one-step chemical oxidation method was applied for the preparation of GQDs starting from the regular multilayer graphene oxide (GO) via the refluxing in a concentrated mixture of strong acids. The as-prepared GQDs were further evaluated as a fluorescent sensitizer to the terbium ion. An expanded in-deep mechanism study on the fluorescence phenomena during the interaction of the as-prepared GQDs and REEs was made. The highly selective antenna effect of GQDs on one of REEs’ aqueous media, which was terbium (III), was identified. The excited terbium ion emitted its long-living fluorescence based on its own characteristic line-typed f-f transition, contrasting to a undetectable fluorescence in a very poor quantum yield in its aqueous solution induced by water collisions. This study, in the first place, identified the significant sensitization effect of the as-prepared GQDs on the terbium ion in a high selectivity in aqueous media. The detectable linear range and the detection limit of the terbium ion was 0–30 × 10 −6 mol L −1 (R 2 = 0.9960) of 0.3 × 10 −6 mol L −1 , respectively. The excitation wavelength and the optimal fluorescence wavelength were 230 nm 546 nm, respectively. Further material characterizations, involving XPS, FTIR, Raman and the Zeta potential , verified the important participation of carboxyl function groups on the as-prepared GQDs.
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材料科学
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分析化学
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BIOMATERIALS
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2019
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IF 10.273
Shun Deng,Ailing Fu,Muhammad Junaid,Yan Wang,Qian Yin,Chen Fu,Li Liu,Dong-Sheng Su,Wan-Ping Bian,De-Sheng Pei
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are well-known for its potential applications for bioimaging , biosensor, and drug carrier in biomedicine . GQDs are well characteristic of intrinsic peroxidase-like catalytic activity , which is proven effective in scavenging the free radicals, such assuperoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide, and hydroxyl radical. GQDs are also well praised for its low in vivo and in vitro toxicity. Here, we found that nitrogen-doped GQDs (N-GQDs) can strongly disturb redox-sensitive system via the selective inhibition of endogenous antioxidant enzyme activities in zebrafish. The enzyme activities or transcription levels of a battery of hemoproteins including catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), respiratory chain complex I, complex Ⅲ, hemoglobin (Hb), and myeloperoxidase (MPO), were significantly suppressed by N-GQDs. We also found that N-GQDs activated the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase ( e.g. cyp1a ) and the associated aryl-hydrocarbon receptor repressors ( ahrr1 and ahrr2 ) in zebrafish embryos. Compared to the ultrasmall graphene oxide (USGO), N-GQDs exhibited stronger fluorescent permeability and tissue-specific bio-accumulative effects. Taken together, our findings highlighted that exposure to N-GQDs can disrupt endogenous antioxidant enzyme activities, possibly via the competitive inhibition of electron transfer process. Our results in this study provided solid data for biosafety evaluations of various types of GQDs, and created an alert for the future biomedical applications of N-GQDs.
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生物技术
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毒理学
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生物化学
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环境科学
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材料科学
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Journal of Analysis and Testing
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2022
·Vol. 7
·期 2
·147-156
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IF 0
Yang Xiaohua,Zhang Peigang,Tan Jie,Li Xuebing,Zhang Weidong,Bian Wei,Choi Martin M. F.
Owing to the excellent stability, biocompatibility and photoluminescence property, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are emerging as a kind of potential materials to be applied in a series of fields ranging from sensor to drug delivery. As the growing concern for human and environmental safety, selective detection of metal ions has been paid more and more attention. GQDs, as nanoparticles with superior optical properties, have been attracting growing attention in the field of metal ions detection. In this work, glutathione(GSH) functionalized boron doped graphene quantum dots (B-GQDs@GSH) were successfully synthesized with stable bright blue fluorescence and has been used for the detection of Fe 3+ . A good linear relationship between 1/( F 0 ‒ F ) and 1/ c with the concentration ranging from 0.70 to 53 μmol/L was obtained with a detection limit of 5.5 nmol/L. The application of B-GQDs@GSH for Fe 3+ detection in water samples was demonstrated and the quenching mechanism was further explored. Due to low cytotoxicity and favorable biocompatibility, B-GQDs@GSH were successfully applied for cell fluorescence imaging and intracellular determination of Fe 3+ .
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2026
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IF 6.7
Ming Xie,Yulin Tan,Zhenhua Zhi,Yanfang He,Dawei Cao
Titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) has been extensively utilized owing to its outstanding physicochemical properties in the field of photocatalytic degradation. However, its efficiency is fundamentally limited by poor charge carrier mobility and severe recombination. These defects critically impair both charge utilization and reactive oxygen species generation. Herein, we in-situ hydrothermally grow ferroelectric barium titanate (BTO) layers on vertically aligned TiO 2 nanorod arrays (NRs), polarize the sample via an external electric field, and load graphene quantum dots (GQDs) through controlled impregnation, successfully constructing a TiO 2 /BTO-Polarized/GQDs (TiO 2 /BTO-P/GQDs) heterostructure. An external electric field induces a stable depolarization field in the BTO layer, creating a persistent interfacial driving force that enhances charge extraction from TiO 2 while suppressing bulk and surface electron-hole recombination. The BTO layer further acts as an electron transfer highway, efficiently channeling photogenerated electrons to GQDs. The π-conjugated system of GQDs serves as both an electron accumulation platform and a chemically active surface, facilitating pollutant adsorption and activation, thereby synergistically accelerating degradation kinetics through combined electron storage and catalytic effects. TiO 2 /BTO-P/GQDs demonstrated a 2.06-fold higher (OTC) degradation efficiency (82.5%) compared to unmodified TiO 2 (40%) within 90 min. This study provides novel insights into ferroelectric polarization-enhanced photocatalytic degradation efficiency. Implication This work presents a highly efficient, stable, and recoverable photocatalyst (TiO 2 /BTO-P/GQDs) for degrading persistent antibiotic pollutants like oxytetracycline in water. By enabling effective solar-driven remediation of agricultural wastewater, it offers a promising strategy to mitigate antibiotic contamination, protect aquatic ecosystems, and reduce risks to microbial communities and human health associated with residual antibiotics in the environment.
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Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
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2025
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Huizi Zheng,Zhipeng Zhang,Guanlan Wu,Haoming Sun,Xiaolin Zhu,Jiao Qu,How Yong Ng
Nanoplastics and bisphenols (including bisphenol A and its alternatives) are emerging co-contaminants in aquatic ecosystems, yet their combined toxicological effects remain poorly understood. To address this gap, we developed a novel electrochemical biosensor using HepG2 cells and a nanocomposite of hydroxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes, poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride), and boron-doped graphene quantum dots (MWCNT-OH/PDDA/B-GQDs). This unique composite design, verified by density functional theory (DFT) calculations, revealed strong adsorption energies for cellular electroactive substances (xanthine: −1.12 eV; guanine: −1.56 eV), confirming the sensor's superior detection capability. The biosensor was used to assess the cytotoxicity of polystyrene nanoplastics (PS 25 nm ) and five bisphenols individually; their mixture exhibited an additive combined effect. Beyond rapid toxicity screening, we further conducted comprehensive mechanistic investigations through oxidative stress analysis, apoptosis assessment, and transcriptome sequencing. Results indicated that exposure to PS 25 nm and bisphenols, either individually or in combination, induced oxidative stress, as evidenced by decreased glutathione (GSH) levels and reduced superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. Transcriptome analysis revealed substantial enrichment of differentially expressed genes in the pathways related to protein synthesis, oxidative stress response, and liver disease. This study not only establishes a rapid and sensitive approach for evaluating the toxicity of nanoplastics and bisphenols in aquatic environments but also provides a comprehensive understanding of the underlying mechanisms through integrated multi-level analysis, thereby providing essential mechanistic data to support their comprehensive biosafety assessment and regulatory management.
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环境毒理学
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分析化学
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纳米材料
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环境科学
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生物电化学
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分子生物学
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Food Analytical Methods
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2018
·Vol. 11
·期 8
·2280-2286
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IF 2.245
Yang Xiaozhan,Feng Luqiao,Qin Xiang
The food-borne diseases triggered by Escherichia coli O157: H7 ( E. coli O157: H7) have become a life-threatening problem for tens of thousands of people around the world in the past few decades. Therefore, a rapid, simple, and user-friendly biosensing label to monitor E. coli O157: H7 has become necessary and important. In this work, carboxyl functionalized graphene quantum dots (cf-GQDs) as fluorescent labels for optical imaging and sensing in E. coli O157: H7 have been firstly proposed and evaluated. E. coli O157: H7 antibody is successfully covalently conjugated to water-soluble cf-GQDs via a cross-linking reaction, and then cf-GQDs immunofluorescence probe is achieved. The probe can effectively recognize E. coli O157: H7 and generate strong fluorescent signal. The experimental result shows that the blocking agent can obviously improve the specificity of the bioprobe for E. coli O157: H7 with the minimum detection limit of 100 cfu/mL. This novel detection method could be as a useful tool to detect E. coli O157: H7 in food, water, and environment.
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生物技术
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纳米技术
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食品安全
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微生物学
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光学成像
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传感技术
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
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2017
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IF 5.099
Jingjing Deng,Dingkun Lu,Xiaolei Zhang,Guoyue Shi,Tianshu Zhou
In this study, we demonstrated an assay with turn-on fluorescence for monitoring cerebrospinal acetylcholinesterase (AChE) fluctuation as a biomarker for organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) poisoning and management based on single layer MnO 2 nanosheets with graphene quantum dots (GQDs) as signal readout. Initially, the fluorescence of GQDs was quenched by MnO 2 nanosheets mainly due to the inner filter effect (IFE). However, with the presence of reductive thiocholine (TCh), the enzymatic product, hydrolyzed from acetylthiocholine (ATCh) by AChE, the redox reaction between MnO 2 and TCh occurred, leading to the destruction of the MnO 2 nanosheets, and thereby IFE was diminished gradually. As a consequence, the turn-on fluorescence of GQDs with the changes in the spectrum of the dispersion constituted a new mechanism for sensing of cerebrospinal AChE. With the method developed here, we could monitor cerebrospinal AChE fluctuation of rats exposed to OPs before and after therapy, and could thereby open up the pathway to a new sensing platform for better understanding the mechanism of brain dysfunctions associate with OPs poisoning.
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生物化学
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毒理学
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2022
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IF 4.831
Xin Zhan,Xiaoxiao Yu,Benmengyang Li,Rui Zhou,Qingyu Fang,Yiwei Wu
In the presence of thioglycolic acid (TGA) and under the catalysis of Fe 3+ , a simple, rapid, sensitive, selective and effective ratiometric fluorescence sensor platform based on the mixed physically blue nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) as probe signals and orange rhodamine B as internal standard signals has been constructed for analysis of H 2 O 2 in human serum. TGA is the key factor for fluorescence response toward H 2 O 2 by N-GQDs and the mechanism is H 2 O 2 reacts speedily with TGA under the catalysis of Fe 3+ , and produces intermediate of superoxide anions ( O 2 − ), which accepts electrons from N-GQDs, and generates graphene oxide, causing the fluorescence quench of N-GQDs. Compared with N-GQDs probe, the sensitivity of the ratiometric fluorescence sensor platform of N-GQDs/rhodamine B for analysis of H 2 O 2 has been improved by nearly 5-folds. Under the optimum conditions, F λ=580nm / F λ=440nm has a good linear relationship with the concentration of H 2 O 2 and the detection limit of H 2 O 2 is 0.46 μmol/L with 3.5% RSD. The established sensor platform has been successfully used for probing H 2 O 2 in human serum with satisfactory results. The superior performance of the probe lies in its high selectivity and can be directly employed in detecting H 2 O 2 in serum samples without any sample pretreatment procedures.
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