Issue 2, 2021

Cucurbituril-assisted formation of tunable carbon dots from single organic precursors in water

Abstract

The cucurbit[7/8]uril (Q[7]/Q[8]) portal-based host–guest interaction was utilized to assist the formation of carbon dots (CDs) with a tunable particle size and high fluorescence emission via a hydrothermal reaction from a single organic precursor in water. In particular, the original rigid macrocyclic skeletons of these hosts were stably retained during the fabrication process, which helps in uniquely distinguishing them from other reported CDs. We obtained Q[7]-CDs with a long fluorescence lifetime (96 ns) and a high quantum yield (56.75%), and tunable fluorescence emission from the dynamic host–particle interaction of Q[8]-CDs, which can be further exploited as biosensors for 1-adamantanamine. This study showed that cucurbiturils have the unique advantage of generating CDs with high quality and new properties such as macrocycle-CD based host–gust chemistry.

Graphical abstract: Cucurbituril-assisted formation of tunable carbon dots from single organic precursors in water

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
18 sep 2020
Accepted
07 okt 2020
First published
09 okt 2020

Org. Chem. Front., 2021,8, 224-230

Cucurbituril-assisted formation of tunable carbon dots from single organic precursors in water

S. Cao, P. Wang, X. Zeng, Z. Tao and X. Ni, Org. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 224 DOI: 10.1039/D0QO01143F

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