Carbon Dots from Citric Acid and its Intermediates Formed by Thermal Decomposition.

carbon dots citric acid decomposition pathways fluorescence optical properties

Journal

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
ISSN: 1521-3765
Titre abrégé: Chemistry
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9513783

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 Sep 2019
Historique:
received: 31 05 2019
pubmed: 30 6 2019
medline: 30 6 2019
entrez: 30 6 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Thermal decomposition of citric acid is one of the most common synthesis methods for fluorescent carbon dots; the reaction pathway is, however, quite complex and the details are still far from being understood. For instance, several intermediates form during the process and they also give rise to fluorescent species. In the present work, the formation of fluorescent C-dots from citric acid has been studied as a function of reaction time by coupling infrared analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, liquid chromatography/mass spectroscopy (LC/MS) with the change of the optical properties, absorption and emission. The reaction intermediates, which have been identified at different stages, produce two main emissive species, in the green and blue, as also indicated by the decay time analysis. C-dots formed from the intermediates have also been synthesised by thermal decomposition, which gave an emission maximum around 450 nm. The citric acid C-dots in water show short temporal stability, but their functionalisation with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane reduces the quenching. The understanding of the citric acid thermal decomposition reaction is expected to improve the control and reproducibility of C-dots synthesis.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31254368
doi: 10.1002/chem.201902497
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

11963-11974

Subventions

Organisme : Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale
ID : GINGSENG" (Grant PGR05249)
Organisme : Regione Autonoma della Sardegna
ID : Bando Capitale Umano ad Alta Qualificazione annualità 2015
Organisme : Fondazione Banco di Sardegna
ID : Bando Fondazione di Sardegna-2016

Informations de copyright

© 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

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Auteurs

Robert Ludmerczki (R)

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Laboratory of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, CR-INSTM, Via Vienna 2., 07100, Sassari, Italy.

Stefania Mura (S)

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Laboratory of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, CR-INSTM, Via Vienna 2., 07100, Sassari, Italy.

Carlo Maria Carbonaro (CM)

Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Campus of Monserrato, sp n.8, km 0.700, 09042, Monserrato, Italy.

Istvan M Mandity (IM)

Department of Organic Chemistry, Semmelweis University, 1092, Budapest, Hogyes Endre St. 7., Hungary.
MTA TTK Lendület Artificial Transporter Research Group, Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117, Budapest, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2., Hungary.

Massimo Carraro (M)

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Laboratory of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, CR-INSTM, Via Vienna 2., 07100, Sassari, Italy.

Nina Senes (N)

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Laboratory of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, CR-INSTM, Via Vienna 2., 07100, Sassari, Italy.

Sebastiano Garroni (S)

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Laboratory of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, CR-INSTM, Via Vienna 2., 07100, Sassari, Italy.

Gaetano Granozzi (G)

Materials Characterization Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego, 30., 16163, Genova, Italy.

Laura Calvillo (L)

Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua, Via Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy.

Sergio Marras (S)

Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua, Via Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy.

Luca Malfatti (L)

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Laboratory of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, CR-INSTM, Via Vienna 2., 07100, Sassari, Italy.

Plinio Innocenzi (P)

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Laboratory of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, CR-INSTM, Via Vienna 2., 07100, Sassari, Italy.

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