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Yu Zou1, Fanyong Yan1, Tancheng Zheng1
1State Key Laboratory of Hollow Fiber Membrane Materials and Processes, Key Lab of Fiber Modification & Functional Fiber of Tianjin, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, PR China.
Abstract:
The organosilane-functionalized carbon dots (SiCDs) were synthesized using citric acid with N-(b-aminoethyl)-g-aminopropyl methyldimethoxy silane (AEAPMS). The as-synthesized SiCDs were characterized by IR, TEM, XPS, NMR and fluorescence. The SiCDs showed a strong emission at 455 nm with excitation at 365 nm. The SiCDs exhibited analytical potential as sensing probes for quercetin (QCT) determination. pH effect, temperature effect, interferences, and analytical performance of the method were investigated. It suggested that SiCDs exhibited high sensitivity and selectivity toward QCT: the linear ranges of SiCDs were estimated to be 0-40 μM while the limit of detection (LOD) was calculated to be 79 nM.
