ArticleChemical science2021
Turning waste into wealth: facile and green synthesis of carbon nanodots from pollutants and applications to bioimaging.
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- Sahara Desert sand "Chitligsan": characterisation and assessment of antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity.RSC advances · 2026Article
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- Progress in drug delivery and diagnostic applications of carbon dots: a systematic review.Frontiers in chemistry · 2023Review
- Carbon Dots in Bioimaging, Biosensing and Therapeutics: A Comprehensive Review.Small science · 2022Article
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Abstract
In an effort to turn waste into wealth, Reactive Red 2 (RR2), a common and refractory organic pollutant in industrial wastewater, has been employed for the first time as a precursor to synthesize carbon nanodots (CNDs) by a facile, green and low-cost route, without utilization of any strong acids or other oxidizers. The detailed characterizations have confirmed that the synthesized CNDs exhibit good water dispersibility, with a mean particle size of 2.43 nm and thickness of 1-3 layers. Importantly, the excellent fluorescence properties and much reduced biotoxicity of the CNDs confer its potential applications in further biological imaging, which has been successfully verified in both
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