Issue 48, 2019

Titanium carbide MXenes combined with red-emitting carbon dots as a unique turn-on fluorescent nanosensor for label-free determination of glucose

Abstract

Titanium carbides (Ti3C2), a new family of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials, have attracted extensive attention due to their unique structure and desirable physiochemical properties. Herein, we developed an effective and selective fluorescent turn-on nanosensor for glucose detection based on Ti3C2 nanosheets combined with red-emitting carbon dots (RCDs). The fluorescence intensity of RCDs could be effectively quenched (>96%) by Ti3C2 nanosheets through the inner-filter effect (IFE). In the presence of H2O2, the quenched fluorescence of the RCDs can remarkably recover due to the Ti3C2 nanosheets which were oxidized into Ti(OH)4 by H2O2. Based on H2O2 generated from oxidation of glucose catalyzed by glucose oxidase, the nanosensor can also be exploited for monitoring glucose. Under optimal conditions, a linear relationship between the increased fluorescence intensity of RCDs and the concentration of glucose was established in the range from 0.1 to 20 mM. The detection limit was 50 μM (S/N = 3). The proposed nanosensor also represented excellent selectivity for glucose analysis in biological fluid samples, providing a valuable platform for glucose sensing in clinical diagnostics.

Graphical abstract: Titanium carbide MXenes combined with red-emitting carbon dots as a unique turn-on fluorescent nanosensor for label-free determination of glucose

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Sep 2019
Accepted
31 Oct 2019
First published
01 Nov 2019

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019,7, 7729-7735

Titanium carbide MXenes combined with red-emitting carbon dots as a unique turn-on fluorescent nanosensor for label-free determination of glucose

X. Zhu, X. Pang, Y. Zhang and S. Yao, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019, 7, 7729 DOI: 10.1039/C9TB02060H

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