Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanoparticles Derived from Silkworm Excrement as On⁻Off⁻On Fluorescent Sensors to Detect Fe(III) and Biothiols.

ABSTRACT: On⁻off⁻on fluorescent sensors based on emerging carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) or carbon dots (CDs) have attracted extensive attention for their convenience and efficiency. In this study, dumped silkworm excrement was used as a novel precursor to prepare fluorescent nitrogen-doped CNPs (N-CNPs) through hydrothermal treatment. The obtained N-CNPs showed good photoluminescent properties and excellent water dispersibility. Thus, they were applied as fluorescence “on⁻off⁻on” probes for the detection of Fe(III) and biothiols. The “on⁻off” process was achieved by adding Fe(III) into N-CNP solution, which resulted in the selective fluorescence quenching, with the detection limit of 0.20 μM in the linear range of 1⁻500 μM. Following this, the introduction of biothiols co

SUBMITTER: Lu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6027355 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature