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Investigation of Heavy Atom Effect on Fluorescence of Carbon Dots: NCDs and S,N-CDs

Journal of Fluorescence volume 30, pages 1337–1344 (2020)Cite this article

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The present work is an attempt to investigate the heavy atom effect imparted by halide ions, especially iodide (I−) ions on the fluorescence behavior of carbon dots (CDs). Here two different types of CDs viz. nitrogen doped carbon dots (NCDs) from Citric Acid (CA) & Urea and Sulfur and nitrogen co-doped carbon dots (S,N-CDs) from CA & L-Cysteine were synthesized and the fluorescence of both CDs were quenched by heavy atom effect on adding potassium iodide (KI). The large difference in average lifetime was obtained in time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) analysis suggests the dynamic quenching and heavy atom effect.

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The authors are deeply grateful to the Professor and Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Kerala for the generous support, laboratory, and instrumental facilities. The authors acknowledge DST-FIST, Government of India; CLIF, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India; and STIC, CUSAT, Kochi, India for the sophisticated characterisation techniques provided for this research work. The authors also acknowledge SAIF, MGU, Kottayam, India for TCSPC analysis.

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    A. O. Aswathy, S. Madanan Anju, J. Jayakrishna, N. S. Vijila, J. S. Anjali Devi, B. Anjitha & Sony George

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Aswathy, A.O., Anju, S.M., Jayakrishna, J. et al. Investigation of Heavy Atom Effect on Fluorescence of Carbon Dots: NCDs and S,N-CDs. J Fluoresc 30, 1337–1344 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-020-02607-x

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Keywords

  • Static quenching
  • Dynamic quenching
  • Anions
  • Fluorescence lifetime