Single step synthesis of size-controlled carbon quantum dots using electrochemical etching of graphite

Ashish Gaurav; Deepali Sinha; Rakesh K. Prasad; Dilip K. Singh

Single step synthesis of size-controlled carbon quantum dots using electrochemical etching of graphite

Applied Physics 2020-11-09 v1 Materials Science

Authors: Ashish Gaurav , Deepali Sinha , Rakesh K. Prasad , Dilip K. Singh

Abstract

Carbon Quantum dots (CQD's) are nanoscale sp2 hybridized carbon particles. In this work, we present a simple one-step synthesis of CQDs from the electrochemical shredding method and technique to control its size during its growth process. A graphite rod extracted from commercially available pencil batteries was used as electrode: source of carbon. CQDs of varying sizes were synthesized through controlled current to the solution for etching and Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as capping agent during growth. CQD's of controlled sizes as formed can be used as fluorescent marker for bio-imaging and sensing platform for wide range of applications.

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carbon quantum dots electrochemical etching graphite size control fluorescent marker sensing platform

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@article{arxiv.2011.03217,
  title  = {Single step synthesis of size-controlled carbon quantum dots using electrochemical etching of graphite},
  author = {Ashish Gaurav and Deepali Sinha and Rakesh K. Prasad and Dilip K. Singh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.03217},
  year   = {2020}
}

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Single step synthesis of size-controlled carbon quantum dots using electrochemical etching of graphite

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