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Study on the preparation of fluorescent carbon dots from Epipremnum aureum and its application in the ions detection and bioimaging

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Epipremnum aureum is a very common ornamental plant in China. This plant grows very fast and have low medicinal value and low nutritional value. In this study, we synthesized a safe, environmental-friendly and stable blue fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CDs) using Epipremnum aureum as raw material. This material has good time property, temperature stability, salt stability. In the application research, the fluorescence of the CDs can be selectively quenched by mercury ion and recovered by iodine ion. In biological imaging research, the CDs is almost non-toxic to HeLa cells, and has very strong luminous efficiency. It is expected that the synthesized CDs can be used for reference in developing more applications of natural plants.

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Abbreviations

HPLC:

High performance liquid chromatography

GC:

Gas chromatography

CDs:

Carbon dots

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

TEM:

Transmission electron microscopy

XPS:

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

FTIR:

Fourier transform infrared spectrometer

RSD:

Relative standard deviation

LOD:

Limit of detection

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We are very grateful to National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Number: U1860112) for its help.

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  1. School of Civil Engineering, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan, 114051, People’s Republic of China

    Aiping Fei

  2. School of Chemical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan, 114051, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaoliang Hao, Jing Wang, Wanqing Xu & Zhigang Fang

  3. School of Mining Engineering, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan, 114051, People’s Republic of China

    Shujuan Dai

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Fei, A., Hao, X., Wang, J. et al. Study on the preparation of fluorescent carbon dots from Epipremnum aureum and its application in the ions detection and bioimaging. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 20570–20582 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06568-0

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