摘要
The excitation wavelength-dependent and-independent emissions are two crucial fluorescent properties of carbon dots(CDs).However,CDs reported till date exhibit only one of these properties,which limits their practical applications.Herein,dual-property carbon dots(DCDs)with both the excitation wavelength-dependent and-independent emissions were synthesized via a facile onestep solvothermal method using 4-(2-pyridylazo)-resorcinol as the carbon precursor.The multi-functional applications of the resulting DCDs were also evaluated.The asprepared DCDs exhibited not only excellent monodispersity,high photostability,and storage stability,but also low toxicity,good biocompatibility,and cellular bioimaging capability.In addition,the DCDs exhibited excitation-dependent emission photoluminescence under low excitation wavelengths.The DCDs exhibited good Fe3+detection by quenching the blue emission fluorescence and showed a relatively low Fe3+detection limit of 0.067 lmol·L-1 based on three times signal-to-noise criteria(R2=0.99).Furthermore,the DCDs showed excitation-independent emission at low excitation wavelengths and exhibited red emission at about 598 nm to avoid damage to the body.These results demonstrate the excellent bioimaging properties of the DCDs.Owing to their dual PL properties,the as-prepared DCDs exhibited multi-functional applications:Fe3+detection and A549 cell bioimaging.These results will be helpful in developing novel CDs for applications in various fields.
基金
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81660708)
the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China(No.BK20171389)
the Qinglan Project of Young Academic Leaders of Jiangsu Province
the Key Project of Science and Technology of Tibet(No.2015XZ01G70)
the Key Project of Tibetan Medical Administration(No.2017005)。
