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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 186, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3270-7
Keywords
Thiourea; TAE buffer; Doping; Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis; Tagging; Fluorescence microscopy; Fluorescence quantum yield; Multicolor fluorometry
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- Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India [102SAN/2237/2016-2017, 102/IFD/SAN/1409/2018-2019]
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Carbon dots co-doped with nitrogen and sulfur (NSCDs) were obtained from thiourea and TAE (Tris-acetate-ethylenediamine) buffer using microwave assisted hydrothermal synthesis. The synergistic presence of nitrogen and sulfur as a dopant results in teasing fluorescence properties and a fluorescence quantum yield of 57%. An HR-TEM study showed the NSCDs to be monodispersed and seemingly spherical with an average hydrodynamic diameter of 3.6 +/- 0.88 nm. The NSCDs are nontoxic as proven by an MTT assay for cytotoxicity. The optical characterization was done by using UV-Vis absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy which revealed excitation wavelength-dependent multicolor emissions. The characterization of surface topology was done by using X-ray diffraction, FTIR, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The NSCDs were used to image various pathogenic bacteria (E. coli, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas & Staphylococcus) and human buccal epithelial cells by applying multicolor fluorometry.
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