A unique “turn-on” fluorescence signalling strategy for highly specific detection of ascorbic acid using carbon dots as sensing probe
Carbon dots (CDs) that showed strong blue fluorescence were successfully synthesised from sodium alginate via furnace pyrolysis. The single step pyrolytic synthesis was simple to perform while yielded CDs with high photostability, good water solubility and minimum by-products. In order to design t...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier Ltd
2016
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12525/1/A-unique-turn-on-fluorescence-signalling-strategy-for-highly-specific-detection-of-ascorbic-acid-using-carbon-dots-as-sensing-probe%20%28abstract%29.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12525/ https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84973486067&partnerID=40&md5=289b0cbb13b6f18104d009dd177275bd http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2016.05.087 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
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| Summary: | Carbon dots (CDs) that showed strong blue fluorescence were successfully synthesised from sodium
alginate via furnace pyrolysis. The single step pyrolytic synthesis was simple to perform while yielded
CDs with high photostability, good water solubility and minimum by-products. In order to design the
probe with “turn-on” sensing capability, the CDs were screened against a series of metal cations to first
“turn-off” the fluorescence. It was found that ferric ions (Fe3þ) were most responsive and effective in
quenching the fluorescence of CDs. Based on this observation, the conditioning of the probe was performed
to ensure the fluorescence was completely quenched, while not overloading the system with
Fe3þ. At the optimised condition, the CDs-Fe3þ mixture served as a highly specific detection probe for
ascorbic acid (AA). The analytical potential of the probe was evaluated and showed a good linear range of
response for AA concentration of 24–40 μg/mL. The selectivity study against other possible co-existing
species was carried out and proved that our unique “turn-on” fluorescence signalling strategy was highly
effective and selective towards AA as the target analyte. The probe was demonstrated for quantification
of AA in real samples, which was the commercially available vitamin C supplement. The result showed
good accuracy with minimum deviation from standard method adopted for validation purpose. |
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