Carbon nanodots as fluorescence probes for rapid, sensitive, and label-free detection of Hg2+ and biothiols in complex matrices

Li Zhou; Youhui Lin; Zhenzhen Huang; Jinsong Ren; Xiaogang Qu

doi:10.1039/C2CC16791C

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Carbon nanodots as fluorescence probes for rapid, sensitive, and label-free detection of Hg²⁺ and biothiols in complex matrices†

Li Zhou,^ab Youhui Lin,^ab Zhenzhen Huang,^ab Jinsong Ren*^a and Xiaogang Qu*^a

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^a State Key laboratory of Rare Earth Resources Utilization and Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
E-mail: jren@ciac.jl.cn, xqu@ciac.jl.cn

^b Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Abstract

In this work, unmodified carbon nanodots are demonstrated as novel and environmentally-friendly fluorescence probes for the sensing of Hg²⁺ and biothiols with high sensitivity and selectivity.

This article is part of the themed collection: ChemComm 60th Anniversary Historic Papers from China

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC16791C
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 02 nov 2011
Accepted: 25 nov 2011
First published: 28 nov 2011

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Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 1147-1149

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Carbon nanodots as fluorescence probes for rapid, sensitive, and label-free detection of Hg²⁺ and biothiols in complex matrices

L. Zhou, Y. Lin, Z. Huang, J. Ren and X. Qu, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 1147 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16791C

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