Quick Microwave Assisted Synthesis and <Emphasis Type="Italic">In Vitro</Emphasis> Imaging Application of Oxygen Doped Fluorescent Carbon Dots |
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Authors: | Raja Angamuthu Ramesh Rajendran Raj Vairamuthu |
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Institution: | 1.Advanced Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry,Periyar University,Salem,India;2.Energy and Functional Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics,Periyar University,Salem,India;3.Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,Periyar University,Salem,India |
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Abstract: | In this paper, a fast and simplest one-pot tactic was used to synthesis fluorescent oxygen doped carbon dots from Tween-20 (TTO-CDs) is reported. The TTO-CDs were microwavically synthesized by using Tween-20 as both the carbon precursor and the oxygen dopant as well. The surface morphology, crystalline and/or amorphous nature, composition and optical assets of synthesized TTO-CDs were studied by means of existing techniques. From the results, it was confirmed that the as-synthesized TTO-CDs are amorphous in nature, monodispersed, sphere-shaped and the typical particle size range is 5?±?1.5 nm. The synthesized TTO-CDs emits strong blue fluorescence at 390 nm under excitation of 335 nm. Most interestingly, the excitation dependent emission property of synthesized TTO-CDs was exposed from fluorescence results. The synthesized TTO-CDs have quantum yield of about 14% against quinine sulfate as reference standard. The biotoxicity of synthesized TTO-CDs on HeLa cells was assessed through cytotoxicity assay. These results implied that the fluorescent TTO-CDs showed less biotoxicity, and further which was efficaciously applied as a multicolor staining and bioimaging probe for the confocal imaging of HeLa cells. |
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