功能化荧光碳纳米点的一步法制备及其光谱研究

以肝素钠为碳源,采用水热法一步制备了表面功能化的荧光碳纳米点。利用透射电镜、红外光谱、光电子能谱及荧光发射光谱对其形貌、结构和光致发光性质进行了测试分析。研究结果表明,碳纳米点具有较为均一的尺寸和较强的荧光,并且保留了碳源中大量的官能团。制备得到的碳纳米点可应用于Cu2+的检测,显示了其作为离子传感器材料的潜在应用价值。     

Optical Emission Diagnosis of Boron Carbide Synthesized Using Natural Carbon Precursors

Optics and Spectroscopy - Boron carbide (B4C) is a semiconducting material that finds a wide range of industrial and optoelectronic applications because of its unique structural and physical...     

以铽离子为荧光探针测定尿样中痕量环丙氟哌酸

详细研究了环丙氟哌酸同稀土离子铽形成的配合物体系的荧光光谱特性及实验条件对荧光强度的影响。在pH为6．0的条件下,配合物荧光体系可发射铽离子强的特征荧光,其最大激发和发射波长为328和545nm。以稀土离子铽为荧光探针,测定尿样中痕量的环丙氟派酸可获得满意结果。     

Sensitive Fluorescent Determination of Cobalt by Microwave Assisted Synthesized TPTZ Functionalized Carbon Dots

Novel fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) for cobalt ions sensing were synthesized from 2,4,6-tris(2′-pyridyl)-s-triazine (TPTZ) and citric acid by microwave-assisted method in one pot. This sensor was water soluble, simple, sensitive and cheap. The size of the CDs was determined from transmission electron microscope image and was in the range of 10 nm. Under optimized experimental conditions, this luminescent system had stable response for Co (II) over a concentration range from 0.4 to 50 µM with a detection limit as low as 230 nM. The proposed method showed good sensitivity and selectivity with respect to interference ions. Finally, this system was used for Co (II) determination in tap water, river water and mineral water and B₁₂ ampoule samples.     

Green and Cost Effective Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Quantum Dots for Dopamine Detection

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) due to its high fluorescent output is evolving as novel sensing material and is considered as future building blocks for nano sensing devices. Hence, in this investigation we report microwave assisted preparation and multi sensing application of CQDs. The microwave derived CQDs are characterized by Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) experiment and Fourier Infrared spectra (FTIR) to investigate the size distribution and chemical purity respectively. Fluorescent emission spectra recorded at varying pH shows varying fluorescence emission intensities. Further, emission spectra recorded at different temperatures shows that fluorescence emission of CQDs greatly depends on temperature. Therefore, we demonstrate the pH and temperature sensing characteristics of CQDs by fluorescence quenching behaviour. In addition, the interaction and sensing behaviour of CQDs for dopamine is also presented in this work with a detection limit of 0.2 mM. The steady state and time-resolved methods have been employed in fluorescence quenching methods for sensing dopamine through CQDs at room temperature. The bimolecular quenching rate constants for different concentration have been measured. The interaction between CQDs and dopamine indicates fluorescence quenching method is an elegant process for detecting dopamine through CQDs.     

Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy and Microspectroscopy of Green Fluorescent Protein in Intact Escherichia coli Bacteria

Scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) yields high-resolution topographic and optical information and constitutes an important new technique for visualizing biological systems. By coupling a spectrograph to a near-field microscope, we have been able to perform microspectroscopic measurements with a spatial resolution greatly exceeding that of the conventional optical microscope. Here we present SNOM images of Escherichia coli bacteria expressing a mutant green fluorescent protein (GFP), an important reporter molecule in cell, developmental, and molecular biology. Near-field emission spectra confirm that the fluorescence detected by SNOM arises from bacterially expressed GFP molecules.     

基于氮化碳量子点和金纳米簇的尿液中胰蛋白酶高灵敏度荧光检测研究

胰蛋白酶生产障碍会阻碍消化过程,在胰腺组织以外产生胰蛋白酶可能涉及癌症过程。胰蛋白酶明显增高可能表明胰腺炎或者慢性肾功能衰竭等病症的发生,它的含量与生命活动息息相关,简单并及时监测胰蛋白酶含量对疾病的诊断具有重要的参考价值。因此,该研究构建氮化碳量子点和金纳米簇（CNQDs和AuNCs）的复合纳米探针检测尿液中胰蛋白酶含量。通过煅烧三聚氰胺获得氮化碳粉末,并将氮化碳粉末作为原材料通过溶剂热法合成了发射峰在440 nm的类石墨相氮化碳量子点（CNQDs）。牛血清蛋白（BSA）和CNQDs两者同时作为还原剂和稳定剂合成了金纳米簇（AuNCs）,且AuNCs吸附在氮化碳量子点表面形成具有双发射性质的CNQD-AuNCs复合荧光纳米材料,发射波长分别为440 nm（CNQD的发射波长）和650 nm（AuNC的发射波长）。由于胰蛋白酶能特异性的水解CNQD-AuNCs中的牛血清蛋白,导致牛血清蛋白结构被破坏,从而破坏AuNCs稳定的结构,使得其沉淀聚集,引起荧光猝灭。由于AuNCs产生的650 nm处的荧光被猝灭,而CNQDs产生的440 nm处的荧光不受影响,CNQD-AuNCs复合荧光纳米探针产生比率型荧光信号响应。利用比率型荧光信号的变化情况,可实现胰蛋白酶的定量检测。CNQD-AuNCs探针在650 nm处的荧光强度随着胰蛋白酶浓度的增加而逐渐下降,而440 nm处的荧光强度保持不变。胰蛋白酶在一定浓度下（10～400 ng·mL-1）与荧光强度比值（I₆₅₀/I₄₄₀）呈良好的线性关系,建立的线性方程为y=2.471-0.004x[y为荧光强度比值（I₆₅₀/I₄₄₀）,x为胰蛋白酶的浓度（ng·mL-1）],相关系数（R2）高达0.997 6,检测限为1.5 ng·mL-1（3倍信噪比）。利用建立的荧光法检测尿液中胰蛋白酶（实际含量分别为50,100和150 ng·mL-1）,检测得到的平均含量分别为52.41,103.25和154.39 ng·mL-1。尿液中胰蛋白酶的回收率和相对标准偏差范围分别为102.93%～104.82%和3.57%～4.16%。结果表明,利用荧光强度比值（I₆₅₀/I₄₄₀）作为胰蛋白酶定量检测的信号,能够校正外界影响因素的干扰,克服单一荧光信号易受光漂白、探针浓度、激发光强度以及光程等外界因素的影响的缺点。基于CNQD-AuNCs建立的比率型荧光分析方法能够实现尿液中胰蛋白酶的高灵敏度和高特异性检测,为实际样品中胰蛋白酶的检测提供科学依据。     

Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Green Synthesized Cu2O Nanoparticles Using Datura Metel L

In biomedical applications, Cu₂O nanoparticles are of great interest. The bioengineered route is eco-friendly for the synthesis of nanoparticles. Therefore, in the present study, there is an attempt to synthesis Cu₂O nanoparticles using Datura metel L. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by UV–Vis, XRD, and FT-IR. UV–Vis results suggest the presence of hyoscyamine, atropine in Datura metel L, and also, nanoparticles formation has been confirmed by the presence of absorption peak at 790 nm. The average crystallite size (19.56 nm) was obtained by XRD. FT-IR was also used to confirm the different functional groups. Fourier Power Spectrum was also employed to examine the synthesized nanomaterials spectrum data to emphasize the peak of the prominent frequencies. Density functional theory (DFT) was also utilized to assess the energy of the substance over time, which appears to indicate a stable molecule. Furthermore, calculated energies, thermodynamic properties (such as enthalpies, entropies, and Gibbs-free energies), modeled structures of complexes, crystals, and clusters, and predicted yields, rates, and regio- and stereospecificity of reactions were all in good agreement with experimental results. Overall, the results show that the successful production of Cu₂O nanoparticles with Datura metel L. corresponds to theoretical research.

     

Temperature Quenching and Fluorescence Depolarization of Carbon Nanodots Obtained via Paraffin Pyrolysis

Physics of the Solid State - A temperature effect on fluorescence intensity and polarization of a colloidal system of carbon nanodots in glycerol under linearly polarized pumping conditions is...     

Two‐Photon Imaging of a Cellular Line Using Organic Fluorescent Nanoparticles Synthesized by Laser Ablation

A comparative study of the optical properties of organic fluorescent nanoparticles fabricated by laser ablation (NPs‐LA), reprecipitation (NPs‐RP), and microemulsion (NPs‐ME) methods is presented. These nanoparticles contain a fluorene‐based p‐conjugated molecule (BT2). Distinctive electronic transitions are observed in samples due to the specific way in which the molecule BT2 is assembled in each type of nanoparticles; for instance, transitions involved in absorption and emission spectra of NPs‐LA result in blueshifting with respect to the molecular solution of BT2, whereas redshifting is observed in NPs‐RP and NPs‐ME. Further, the results show that under infrared excitation, the aqueous suspensions of NPs‐LA exhibit the highest fluorescence induced by two‐photon absorption (≈790 GM at 740 nm), as well as the best photostability, compared with aqueous suspensions of NPs‐RP and NPs‐ME. The nanoparticles synthetized by the three aforementioned methods are employed as exogenous agents for the visualization of human cervical cancer cell line (HeLa) using confocal and two‐photon microscopy. Under similar experimental conditions, it is found that microscopy images of the best quality are obtained with NPs‐LA. These results show that laser ablation is a suitable technique for the fabrication of organic fluorescent nanoparticles used as contrast agents for in vitro fluorescence microscopy.     

Thermally Induced Depolarization of the Photoluminescence of Carbon Nanodots in a Colloidal Matrix

The effect of temperature on fluorescence polarization in a colloidal system of carbon nanodots in glycerol under linearly polarized excitation is investigated for the first time. It is found that the experimentally obtained temperature dependence of the degree of linear polarization of fluorescence can be described by the Levshin–Perrin equation, taking into account the rotational diffusion of luminescent particles (fluorophores) in the liquid matrix. The fluorophore size determined in the context of the Levshin–Perrin model is significantly smaller than the size of carbon nanodots. This discrepancy gives evidence that small atomic groups responsible for nanodot luminescence are characterized by high segmental mobility with a large amplitude of motion with respect to the nanodot core.     

Electronically Excited States in Model Complexes of Noble Metal Clusters with Carbon Nanodots

Russian Physics Journal - Theoretical calculations of excited states in the complexes of gold and silver three-atom nanoclusters with carbon quantum nanodots are performed using the M062X...     

Luminescent Properties of Carbon Nanodots Bound to the Surface of Spherical Microresonator

Physics of the Solid State - Hybrid structures consisting of emitting carbon nanodots bound to the surface of monodisperse spherical silica particles, which function as microresonators, are...     

Fluorescence Turn-On Analysis of Trace Protein Based on Carbon Nanodots and Hybridization Chain Reaction

In this work, an ultrasensitive method for trace protein detection based on fluorescent carbon nanodots and hybridization chain reaction (HCR) is designed. Generally, the synthesized bright carbon nanodots are conjugated with two hairpin-structured DNA probes, respectively, which act as subsequent HCR fuel strands. Since single-stranded parts of DNA probes could be easily absorbed on graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets, fluorescence emission of carbon nanodots is effectively quenched via fluorescence resonance energy transfer. However, in the presence of target protein, the aptamer sequence in another hairpin-structured DNA probe specially interacts with target and the hairpin is opened. A single-stranded region is thus exposed, which initiates HCR by coupling with the DNA fuel strands on carbon nanodots. The formed HCR product displays a rigid, long double-stranded structure, which facilitates the release of carbon nanodots from GO surface. As a result, fluorescence of carbon nanodots is recovered and initial concentration of target protein can be estimated. This protein detection method shows a favorable linear response with a low limit of detection (2.3 fg mL⁻¹). Furthermore, it is highly selective and capable of detecting target in biological fluids like serum samples, which demonstrates the promising applications of this method.     

Green Synthetic Approach for Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Dots for Lisinopril Drug Delivery System and their Confirmations in the Cells

In this work, highly luminescent carbon dots (CDs) were synthesized by the hydrothermal method at 170 °C for 12 h using pasteurized milk as a carbon source. The prepared CDs exhibited bright blue fluorescence under UV light illumination at 365 nm. The CDs show fluorescence life time of ~4.89 ns at excitation wavelength of 370 nm. The effect of different solvents on the fluorescence property of CDs was also investigated. The lisinopril (Lis)-loaded CDs were fabricated by self-assembly of lisinopril on the surfaces of CDs, which were characterized by UV-visible and FT-IR spectroscopic techniques. The controlled release of lisinopril from the Lis-CDs was realized at pH values of 5.2, 6.2 and 7.4, respectively. The results of the cytotoxicity and confocal laser scanning microscopic images indicate that the Lis-CDs were successfully uptaken by HeLa cells without apparent cytotoxicity. The synthesized CDs show great potential as drug vehicles with good biocompatibility, sustained release of lisinopril from CDs, indicating that the CDs can act as a promising drug delivery system for therapeutic delivery and/or bioimaging applications.     

香豆素型荧光聚合物的合成及光学性能

以对甲苯磺酸为催化剂,通过Pechmann法使间苯二酚和乙酰乙酸乙酯发生脱水缩合反应,合成了7-羟基-4-甲基香豆素,再以三聚氯氰为交联单体,将7-羟基-4-甲基香豆素和紫外线吸收剂2,4-二羟基-二苯甲酮引入同一分子中,并使其与丙烯酰胺按一定比例聚合,得到一种能溶于水的荧光聚合物。通过红外光谱和核磁氢谱对产物进行结构表征,运用紫外光谱、荧光光谱测试其光学特性,并考察其在纸张上的应用效果。结果表明:荧光聚合物的Stokes位移(3 121.2 cm-1)比单体(5 221.5 cm-1)小,空间位置变化小,损失能量低,说明其结构更稳定,光稳定性更好,应用于纸张的抗紫外光老化效果也更优。     

Microwave-Assisted Green Synthesis of Carbon Quantum Dots Derived from Calotropis Gigantea as a Fluorescent Probe for Bioimaging

Journal of Fluorescence - An eco-friendly, cost-effective, and convenient approach for synthesizing biocompatible fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) from the leaf extract of the medicinal plant...     

BOD光化学传感敏感膜荧光响应的研究

利用自行构建的BOD光纤传感装置对海水中BOD含量进行了检测,考察了海洋耗氧菌种在四甲基硅氧烷(TMOS)、二甲基二甲氧基硅烷(DiMe-DMOS)和聚乙烯醇(PVA)包埋情况下,对BOD的荧光响应行为以及耗氧菌种的加入量对BOD浓度的响应情况。传感膜对5 mg·L-1 BOD溶液测定的相对标准偏差为1.2%(n＝6),响应时间为3.2 min,敏感膜使用寿命大于12个月。实际海水样品检测表明,利用BOD光纤传感检测的结果与国标BOD₅方法,存在较好的一致性。