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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2022

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Reveals Molecular Species in Carbon Nanodot Samples Disclosing Flaws.

Beatrice Bartolomei, Andrea Bogo, Francesco Amato, Giulio Ragazzon, Maurizio Prato

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. Near-Infrared Carbonized Polymer Dots for NIR-II Bioimaging.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Beatrice BartolomeiDepartment of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM UdR Trieste, University of Trieste, via Licio Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4190-0040
Andrea BogoDepartment of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM UdR Trieste, University of Trieste, via Licio Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4622-2007
Francesco AmatoDepartment of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM UdR Trieste, University of Trieste, via Licio Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1577-7421
Giulio RagazzonDepartment of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM UdR Trieste, University of Trieste, via Licio Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-2985
Maurizio PratoDepartment of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM UdR Trieste, University of Trieste, via Licio Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8869-8612

Funding

H2020 European Research Council 885323Maria de Maeztu Units of Excellence Program MDM-2017-0720Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca 2017PBXPN4Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities PID2019-108523RB-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbon nanodots are currently one of the hot topics in the nanomaterials world, due to their accessible synthesis and promising features. However, the purification of these materials is still a critical aspect, especially for syntheses involving molecular precursors. Indeed, the presence of unreacted species or small organic molecules formed during solvothermal treatments can affect the properties of the synthesized nanomaterials. To illustrate the extreme importance of this issue, we present two case studies in which insufficient purification results in misleading conclusions regarding the chiral and fluorescent properties of the investigated materials. Key to identify molecular species is the use of nuclear magnetic resonance, which proves to be an effective tool. Our work highlights the need to include nuclear magnetic resonance as a standard characterization technique for carbon-based nanomaterials, to minimize the risk of observing properties that arise from molecular species, rather than the target carbon nanodots.

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Carbon DotsChiralityMolecular SpeciesNuclear Magnetic ResonanceOptical Properties

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PMID35157359
PMCPMC9304307

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