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ArticleJournal of fluorescence2025

Green Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Carbon Dots from Groundnut Shell Biomass for Bioimaging Applications.

Sai Praneeth Thota, Aditya Kurdekar, Praveen V Vadlani, Belliraj Siva Kumar

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Article in Journal of fluorescence, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Sai Praneeth ThotaDepartment of Chemistry, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, India. thotasaipraneeth9@gmail.com.
Aditya KurdekarOptics and Microfluidics Instrumentation, Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Praveen V VadlaniDepartment of Chemistry, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Belliraj Siva KumarDepartment of Physical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. b_sivakumar@blr.amrita.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbon dots from alternative renewable carbon sources are emerging as alternatives to metal-based quantum dots. These nature-derived carbon dots exhibit excellent optical and fluorescent properties, which enable their use in several applications, including bioimaging. This work presents a facile and green approach to synthesizing highly fluorescent carbon dots from groundnut shells (GNS), an abundantly available agricultural residue. HRTEM analysis confirmed the synthesis of Groundnut shell Carbon Dots (GCDs) with a lattice spacing of around 0.22 nm, corresponding to low dimensional graphitic structures. The observed intense absorption at around 278 nm can be ascribed to the л - л* transitions resulting from the hybridization of sp2/sp3 orbitals in carbon dots. The fluorescence spectroscopy of GCDs displayed pronounced emission characteristics that varied depending on the excitation wavelength, which ranges from 280 to 480 nm. The quantum yield of these GCDs was estimated to be 17.1%. The biocompatibility of GCDs is confirmed by the cell viability test, which indicates their suitability for yeast cell imaging.

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BiomassCarbonFluorescent DyesGreen Chemistry TechnologyOptical ImagingQuantum DotsCell SurvivalSpectrometry, FluorescenceCarbonFluorescent DyesBioimagingBioresource utilizationCarbon dotsGroundnut shellHydrothermal carbonizationSustainability

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