Abstract
Recently, carbon dots (CDs) with long wavelength (i.e., orange and red-light) are gradually critical in the bioimaging and biomedical fields. In this paper, a simple one-pot hydrothermal method for preparing bright orange N-doped carbon dots (N-CDs) from p-phenylenediamine has been developed. The resulting N-CDs with abundant surface functional groups show strong orange fluorescence, certain water solubility property and obvious fluorescence quenching to Fe3+ ions and pH. What's more, the fluorescence of the N-CDs displays a consequent color variation with the increasing concentration of Fe3+ and pH. In short, N-CDs can be considered as an efficient and multifunctional fluorescent sensor for monitoring pH and Fe3+ because of their prominent biocompatibility and low toxicity characteristics.
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