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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Centrifugal Partition Chromatography Is a Powerful Tool for the Isolation of Antibiofilm Quantum Carbon Dots Synthesized by Hydrothermal Treatment of Avocado Peels.

Nandis Fiallos, Sergio Acuña, Diana Correa-Otero, Matías Venegas-Toloza, Tatiana Beldarrain, Josefina Burgos, Francisca Fuentes, Francisco Bustamante, Girlenne Christiansen, Vanesa Roa and 3 more

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Nandis FiallosDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Andrés Bello 720, Chillan 3800708, Chile.
Sergio AcuñaFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud y los Alimentos, University of Bío-Bío, Chillán 4050231, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-1365-9851
Diana Correa-OteroDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Andrés Bello 720, Chillan 3800708, Chile.ORCID 0009-0000-9058-991X
Matías Venegas-TolozaDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Andrés Bello 720, Chillan 3800708, Chile.
Tatiana BeldarrainFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud y los Alimentos, University of Bío-Bío, Chillán 4050231, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-5319-4131
Josefina BurgosDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Andrés Bello 720, Chillan 3800708, Chile.
Francisca FuentesDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Andrés Bello 720, Chillan 3800708, Chile.
Francisco BustamanteDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Andrés Bello 720, Chillan 3800708, Chile.
Girlenne ChristiansenDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Andrés Bello 720, Chillan 3800708, Chile.
Vanesa RoaDepartamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química y Farmacia, Centro de Energía UC, Centro de Investigación en Nanotecnología y Materiales Avanzados CIEN-UC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago 7510000, Chile.
Eduardo SchottDepartamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química y Farmacia, Centro de Energía UC, Centro de Investigación en Nanotecnología y Materiales Avanzados CIEN-UC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago 7510000, Chile.
Julio Alarcón-EnosDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Andrés Bello 720, Chillan 3800708, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-7473-8823
Edgar Pastene-NavarreteDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Andrés Bello 720, Chillan 3800708, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-5437-9210

Funding

Fondecyt ANID 1211119Fondequip ANID EQM150025Fondequip ANID EQM170023Fondequip ANID EQM200098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbon quantum dots (CQD) are an emergent nanomaterial with unique optical and biological properties. However, the purification of CQD is one of the bottlenecks that makes it difficult to scale for application in different areas. In this work, we explore for the first time the potential of centrifugal partition chromatography (CPC) as an alternative preparative technology to achieve the purification of CQD at the gram scale. The hydrothermal method was used to synthesize CQD from avocado peels. After 6 h at 250 °C, a complex mix of strong blue-fluorescent CQDs were obtained and submitted to CPC fractionation without pretreatment. The best results were obtained with the solvent system

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBiofilmsCarbonPerseaQuantum DotsCentrifugationPlant ExtractsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCarbonPlant Extractsantimicrobialsavocadobiofilmscarbon quantum dotscentrifugal partition chromatography

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PMID40286120
PMCPMC11990913

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