Carbon Dots Functionalized by Organosilane with Double-Sided Anchoring for Nanomolar Hg2+ Detection
Author(s)
Wang, Wentai
Kim, Tak
Yan, Zifeng
Zhu, Guangshan
Cole, Ivan
Nam-Trung, Nguyen
Li, Qin
Year published
2015
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Surface functional groups on carbon dots (CDs) play a critical role in defining their photoluminescence properties and functionalities. A new kind of organosilane-functionalized CDs (OS-CDs) were formed by a low temperature (150 é solvothermal synthesis of citric acid in N-(߭aminoethyl)-?-aminopropylmethyl-dimethoxysilane (AEAPMS). Uniquely, the as-synthesized OS-CDs have dual long chain functional groups with both single bondNH2 and single bondSi(OCH3)3 as terminal moieties. Double sided anchoring of AEAPMS on CDs occurs, facilitated by the water produced (and confined at the interface between CDs and solvent) when citric ...
View more >Surface functional groups on carbon dots (CDs) play a critical role in defining their photoluminescence properties and functionalities. A new kind of organosilane-functionalized CDs (OS-CDs) were formed by a low temperature (150 é solvothermal synthesis of citric acid in N-(߭aminoethyl)-?-aminopropylmethyl-dimethoxysilane (AEAPMS). Uniquely, the as-synthesized OS-CDs have dual long chain functional groups with both single bondNH2 and single bondSi(OCH3)3 as terminal moieties. Double sided anchoring of AEAPMS on CDs occurs, facilitated by the water produced (and confined at the interface between CDs and solvent) when citric acid condenses into the carbon core. The resultant OS-CDs are multi-solvent dispersible, and more significantly, they exhibit excellent selectivity and sensitivity to Hg2+ with a linear detection range of 0-50 nM and detection limit of 1.35 nM. The sensitivity and selectivity to Hg2+ is preserved in highly complex fluids with a detection limit of 1.7 nM in spiked 1 M NaCl solution and a detection limit of 50 nM in municipal wastewater effluent. The results show that the OS-CDs synthesised by the solvothermal method in AEAPMS may be used as an effective Hg2+ sensor in practical situations.
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View more >Surface functional groups on carbon dots (CDs) play a critical role in defining their photoluminescence properties and functionalities. A new kind of organosilane-functionalized CDs (OS-CDs) were formed by a low temperature (150 é solvothermal synthesis of citric acid in N-(߭aminoethyl)-?-aminopropylmethyl-dimethoxysilane (AEAPMS). Uniquely, the as-synthesized OS-CDs have dual long chain functional groups with both single bondNH2 and single bondSi(OCH3)3 as terminal moieties. Double sided anchoring of AEAPMS on CDs occurs, facilitated by the water produced (and confined at the interface between CDs and solvent) when citric acid condenses into the carbon core. The resultant OS-CDs are multi-solvent dispersible, and more significantly, they exhibit excellent selectivity and sensitivity to Hg2+ with a linear detection range of 0-50 nM and detection limit of 1.35 nM. The sensitivity and selectivity to Hg2+ is preserved in highly complex fluids with a detection limit of 1.7 nM in spiked 1 M NaCl solution and a detection limit of 50 nM in municipal wastewater effluent. The results show that the OS-CDs synthesised by the solvothermal method in AEAPMS may be used as an effective Hg2+ sensor in practical situations.
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Journal Title
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Volume
437
Subject
Physical sciences
Chemical sciences
Engineering