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ArticleHeliyon2020

Novel nitrogen-doped carbon dots prepared under microwave-irradiation for highly sensitive detection of mercury ions.

Ali Ghanem, Rama Al-Qassar Bani Al-Marjeh, Yomen Atassi

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Article in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 authors.

Ali GhanemDepartment of Applied Physics, Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology, Damascus, Syria.
Rama Al-Qassar Bani Al-MarjehDepartment of Applied Physics, Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology, Damascus, Syria.
Yomen AtassiDepartment of Applied Physics, Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology, Damascus, Syria.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper, new nitrogen doped carbon dots with a high quantum yield and novel optical properties were synthesized by a simple and fast one step microwave-assisted synthesis. Citric acid monohydrate was used as a carbon source and 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediamine as nitrogen source. The prepared N-CDs were characterized by Fourier transform infrared, Raman, UV-visible and photoluminescence spectroscopies. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) images revealed that the N-CDs have distinctive flake-shape morphology. The N-CDs exhibit bright blue luminescence and quenching response towards Hg

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Analytical chemistryCarbon dotsEnvironmental scienceHg2+ detectionLODPhotoluminescencepH sensing

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PMID32322729
PMCPMC7168745

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