1. Nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dot for direct fluorescence detection of Al3+ in aqueous media and living cells.
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Song, Yuan-Yang, Zhao, Yuan-Di, Tan, Fang, Cao, Yuan-Cheng, Fang, Bi-Yun, and Li, Cheng
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GRAPHENE , *QUANTUM dots , *DOPING agents (Chemistry) , *FLUORESCENCE , *CELL imaging - Abstract
Graphene quantum dot (GQD) has been attractive in analytical science field due to its low toxicity, stable photoluminescence. Herein, nitrogen-doped GQD (N-GQD) was prepared by a facile solvothermal treatment of GO using dimethylformamide, and exhibited a green emission with 23.1% quantum yield. The N-GQD probe showed a selective and sensitive fluorescence enhancement response to Al 3+ , the mechanism might be the formation of a complex between Al 3+ and N-GQD constrained the photo-induced electron transfer (PET) process of N-GQD itself. With Benesi-Hildebrand equation, the binding constant and molar ratio between N-GQD and Al 3+ was calculated to be 4.6 × 10 4 L mol −1 and 1:1 respectively. The p K a value of N-GQD was also determined to be 4.4 by capillary electrophoresis. In pH 4.0 PBS solution, there was a good linear relation between the fluorescence intensity and the logarithm of concentration of Al 3+ in the range of 2.5–75 μmol L −1 , the limit of detection (3σ) was 1.3 μmol L −1 . This “Off - On” fluorescence method had been applied to accurate quantification of aluminum in hydrotalcite tablets. What's more, the fluorescence switch property of N-GQD was explored by alternate addition of Al 3+ and EDTA. The probe was also utilized for detection Al 3+ in living cells due to its excellent biocompatibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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