Issue 26, 2015

One-step synthesis of carbon nanodots for sensitive detection of cephalexin

Abstract

Blue photoluminescence water soluble carbon dots with an average size of 1.5 nm were synthesized by hydrothermal treatment of fresh potato at 200 °C for 5 h without adding any other reagents. XRD and TEM illustrated the poor crystalline nature and narrow distribution of these spherical carbon dots. The functional groups were confirmed by FTIR studies. Thus bio-based photoluminescence carbon dots were applied to the detection of cephalexin. The sensing probe exhibits many advantages, such as wide linear response range, high sensitivity and short response time with a detection limit as low as 0.311 μM.

Graphical abstract: One-step synthesis of carbon nanodots for sensitive detection of cephalexin

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Nov 2014
Accepted
11 Feb 2015
First published
11 Feb 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 20511-20515

Author version available

One-step synthesis of carbon nanodots for sensitive detection of cephalexin

K. Wang, F. Guan, H. Li, M. Li, H. Feng and H. Fan, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 20511 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA15433A

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