Abstract
Herein, novel intrinsic dual-emitting carbon dots (CDs) are prepared through a one-step hydrothermal treatment of glucose and 3-nitroaniline in sulfuric acid solution and utilized for ratiometric determination of Cu2+ and aspartic acid (Asp). The CDs exhibited an interesting pH-switchable emission behavior displaying an intrinsic dual-emitting peak with emission maxima at 400 and 610 nm at pH 4.0–5.0. The presence of Cu2+ intensively quenched the first emission peak at 400 nm, but it had a negligible effect on the second emission peak. The ratiometric signal displayed a high selectively for Cu2+ over other metal ions and provided a linear response over the concentration range of 0.01–1.00 μM with a detection limit of 7.0 nM. Moreover, at pH 4.0, Asp was able to restore the quenched fluorescence of the CDs-Cu2+ system with a much more successful performance than other amino acids. This on-off-on fluorescence behavior provided a selective ratiometric fluorescence method for the determination of Asp in the concentration range of 0.2–15 μM. The acceptable detection results for Cu2+ in a river water sample (compared to Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) method) and for Asp in human serum samples confirmed the potential application of this ratiometric nanoprobe for sensing in real samples.
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