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Rapid Synthesis of Carbon Dots by Hydrothermal Treatment of Lignin
Wenxin Chen1, Chaofan Hu2, Yunhua Yang3
1Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. tchenwenxin@jnu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A rapid approach has been developed for the fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) by the hydrothermal treatment of lignin in the presence of H₂O₂. The as-synthesized CDs were found to emit blue photoluminescence with excellent photostability. Moreover, the CDs displayed biocompatibility, low cytotoxicity, and high water solubility properties. Finally, the as-resulted CDs were demonstrated to be excellent probes for bioimaging and biosensing applications.
