Intrinsically fluorescent carbon dots with tunable emission derived from hydrothermal treatment of glucose in the presence of monopotassium phosphate

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Nov 14;47(42):11615-7. doi: 10.1039/c1cc14860e. Epub 2011 Sep 19.

Abstract

A facile method is developed to synthesize intrinsically fluorescent carbon dots by hydrothermal treatment of glucose in the presence of monopotassium phosphate. The fluorescence emission of the carbon dots thus produced is tunable by simply adjusting the concentration of monopotassium phosphate.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon / chemistry*
  • Fluorescence
  • Glucose / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Phosphates / chemistry*
  • Potassium Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Phosphates
  • Potassium Compounds
  • Carbon
  • potassium phosphate
  • Glucose