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One‐step preparation of red‐emitting carbon dots for visual and quantitative detection of copper ions
Author(s) -
Wei Jianfei,
Hao Dan,
Wei Lifei,
Zhang Anying,
Sun Chenying,
Wang Rui
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
luminescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1522-7243
pISSN - 1522-7235
DOI - 10.1002/bio.3966
Subject(s) - fluorescence , copper , detection limit , formamide , quantum yield , ion , quenching (fluorescence) , quantum dot , chemistry , carbon fibers , photochemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , inorganic chemistry , nanotechnology , chromatography , optics , physics , organic chemistry , composite number , composite material
A one‐step solvothermal method for the preparation of carbon dots with red fluorescence (R‐CDs) was put forward, in which sodium citrate and formamide were chosen as precursors, while formamide was adopted as the solvent. The fluorescence emission peak of the as‐prepared R‐CDs remained the same (600 nm) when the excitation wavelength increased from 490 nm to 560 nm, and the fluorescence quantum yield is 35.3%. Furthermore, the fluorescence intensity of the as‐prepared R‐CDs could be selectively quenched by copper ions, and the mechanism of Cu 2+ quenching R‐CDs is the combination of static and dynamic quenching. As a result, the R‐CDs were applied for the construction of a fluorescent sensor without any modification for the quantitative and visual detection of copper ions, which is a typical contaminant in water. The limit of detection for the fluorescent sensor was as low as 5 nmol/L, and it can be used to fast and directly confirm whether the content of copper ions in drinking water meets the criteria of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization.