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ArticleRSC advances2021

One-step synthesis of fluorescent graphene quantum dots as an effective fluorescence probe for vanillin detection.

Sujuan Zhu, Xuexue Bai, Ting Wang, Qiang Shi, Jing Zhu, Bing Wang

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Article in RSC advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sujuan ZhuCollege of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University Yangzhou Jiangsu 225009 P. R. China sjzhu@yzu.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8127-3227
Xuexue BaiCollege of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University Yangzhou Jiangsu 225009 P. R. China sjzhu@yzu.edu.cn.
Ting WangCollege of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University Yangzhou Jiangsu 225009 P. R. China sjzhu@yzu.edu.cn.
Qiang ShiCollege of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University Yangzhou Jiangsu 225009 P. R. China sjzhu@yzu.edu.cn.
Jing ZhuCollege of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University Yangzhou Jiangsu 225009 P. R. China sjzhu@yzu.edu.cn.
Bing WangCenter for Disease Control and Prevention Yangzhou Jiangsu 225009 P. R. China 376610964@qq.com.
Yangzhou University · CNJiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study proposes an easy bottom-up method for the synthesis of photoluminescent (PL) graphene quantum dots (GQDs) using citric acid as the carbon source. The obtained GQDs were characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The synthesised GQDs have an average diameter of 4.76 ± 0.96 nm, with a lattice spacing of 0.24 nm. The GQDs exhibit excitation-independent PL emission. The surface of the GQDs has a variety of functional groups (hydroxyl, carboxyl, and ether groups

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