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Green Synthesized Luminescent Carbon Nanodots for the Sensing Application of Fe3+ Ions

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A single step hydrothermal mode of carbon nanodots (C-dots) synthesis from house-hold kitchen garbage such as snake gourd peel extract was successfully carried out. Characterisation of green synthesized C-dots were accomplished using UV-Visible and FTIR spectroscopy, Spectrofluorimetry and HRTEM. C-dots exhibited an appreciable quantum yield of 28.6%. Excitation-dependent photoluminescence emission properties and pH-sensitivity of C-dots were also studied in detail. C-dots exhibited strikingly selective detection of Fe3+ ions via fluorescence quenching mechanism. Linearity was obtained in a concentration range of 10–100 μM with detection limit of 0.398 μM in accordance with the Stern-Volmer relation. The existence of oxygen containing functional moieties in luminescent C-dots could be attributed to the effectual complexation between the metal ion and C-dots. The selective sensing property of C-dots towards Fe3+ ions provide avenue for biochemical analysis related to iron metabolism and diagnosis of anaemia.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology (Autonomous Institute, affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum), Bangalore, 560054, India

    Smrithi Sailaja Prasannakumaran Nair & Nagaraju Kottam

  2. Department of Chemistry, M. S. Ramaiah College of Arts Science and Commerce, Bangalore, 560054, India

    Prasanna Kumar S G

  3. Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641046, India

    Prasanna Kumar S G

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Sailaja Prasannakumaran Nair, S., Kottam, N. & S G, P. Green Synthesized Luminescent Carbon Nanodots for the Sensing Application of Fe3+ Ions. J Fluoresc 30, 357–363 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-020-02505-2

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