A novel carbon quantum dots (CQDs) was successfully prepared through one-step green hydrothermal method using polyacrylamide as carbon source. The prepared CQDs were characterized using TEM, XRD, XPS, FT-IR, UV–Vis, and fluorescence spectroscopy. The CQDs was demonstrated as nanoprobes for mercury ion detection, moreover, it demonstrated excitation-dependent and superior stability in acidic and alkaline media. Besides, the probe exhibited a good linearity range (0.25–50 μM) and a low detection limit (13.48 nM). These attractive properties indicated that this novel CQDs can adapt to a variety of complex pH environment, which had extensive prospect and promising application for detection of mercury ions in complex water samples.
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Hua, J., Yang, J., Zhu, Y., Zhao, C., & Yang, Y. (2017). Highly fluorescent carbon quantum dots as nanoprobes for sensitive and selective determination of mercury (II) in surface waters. Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 187, 149–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2017.06.058
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