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Area of Science:

  • Biomaterials Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Molecular Biology

Background:

  • Fluorescent probes are crucial for nucleic acid analysis in sensing and biomedical fields.
  • Developing cost-effective and efficient probes remains a key challenge.
  • Carbon dots (CDs) offer unique optical properties for bio-imaging and sensing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize fluorescent carbon dots from chicken eggshell membrane (ESM) for DNA detection.
  • To investigate the base-pair selectivity of these carbon dots towards different DNA sequences.
  • To explore the potential of ESM-derived carbon dots as a label-free fluorescent probe for DNA recognition.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of heteroatom-doped graphitic carbon nanodots (CDs) from chicken eggshell membrane (ESM).
  • Characterization of synthesized carbon dots using various analytical techniques.
  • Label-free fluorescence studies to analyze the binding interaction between CDs and double-stranded DNA (dsDNA).
  • Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and melting temperature analysis to validate base-pair specificity.

Main Results:

  • Successfully synthesized highly fluorescent, heteroatom-doped graphitic carbon nanodots from ESM.
  • Demonstrated label-free binding of CDs to dsDNA, resulting in enhanced fluorescence.
  • Observed selective and stronger affinity of CDs for adenine-thymine (AT)-rich dsDNA compared to guanine-cytosine (GC)-rich dsDNA.
  • Confirmed endothermic binding driven by hydrophobic interactions at nano-bio interfaces.

Conclusions:

  • Chicken eggshell membrane is a viable source for synthesizing fluorescent carbon dots.
  • ESM-derived carbon dots exhibit intrinsic fluorescence suitable for label-free DNA detection.
  • These carbon dots show promising potential as fluorescent probes for base-pair selective and sequence-specific DNA recognition.