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Prathap N, Balla P, Shivakumar MS, Periyasami G, Karuppiah P, Ramasamy K, Venkatesan S. Prosopis juliflora hydrothermal synthesis of high fluorescent carbon dots and its antibacterial and bioimaging applications. Sci Rep 2023; 13:9676. [PMID: 37322059 PMCID: PMC10272132 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36033-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Carbon dots have stimulated the curiosity of biomedical researchers due to their unique properties, such as less toxicity and high biocompatibility. The synthesis of carbon dots for biomedical application is a core area in research. In the current research, an eco-friendly hydrothermal technique was employed to synthesize high fluorescent, plant-derived carbon dots from Prosopis juliflora leaves extract (PJ-CDs). The synthesized PJ-CDs were investigated by physicochemical evaluation instruments such as fluorescence spectroscopy, SEM, HR-TEM, EDX, XRD, FTIR, and UV-Vis. The UV-Vis absorption peaks obtained at 270 nm due to carbonyl functional groups shifts of n→π*. In addition, a quantum yield of 7.88 % is achieved. The synthesized PJ-CDs showing the presence of carious functional groups O-H, C-H, C=O, O-H, C-N and the obtained particles in spherical shape with an average size of 8 nm. The fluorescence PJ-CDs showed stability against various environmental factors such as a broad range of ionic strength and pH gradient. The antimicrobial activity of PJ-CDs was tested against a Staphylococcus aureus, and a Escherichia coli. The results suggest that the PJ-CDs could substantially inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus. The findings also indicate that PJ-CDs are effective materials for bio-imaging in Caenorhabditis elegans and they can be also used for pharmaceutical applications.
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- Nadarajan Prathap
- Department of Environmental Science, School of Energy and Environmental Sciences, Periyar University, Salem, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, and Director Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Knowledge Innovative Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship, Dambi Dollo University, Dembi Dollo, Ethiopia.
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Energy and Environmental Sciences, Periyar University, Salem, India.
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Lin J, Huang X, Kou E, Cai W, Zhang H, Zhang X, Liu Y, Li W, Zheng Y, Lei B. Carbon dot based sensing platform for real-time imaging Cu 2+ distribution in plants and environment. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 219:114848. [PMID: 36327556 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Divalent copper is a double-edged sword for plants, excess or shortage of copper ions will cause adverse reactions in plants. Currently, Cu2+ sensor for plants is still underdeveloped and new technology is urgently required for realizing one-step and real-time detection of Cu2+ in plants. Herein, a home-made and low-cost sensing platform is constructed by using carbon dots (CDs) as the optical probe, electronic devices for image acquisition, and a built-in algorithm program for image processing, which allows the dynamic monitoring of Cu2+ distribution in different plant species with high spatial and temporal resolution. We found that the detection limit of R-CDs for Cu2+ in water sample was 0.375 nM, and 11.7 mg/kg or even less Cu2+ in plants can be visually observed and accurately detected by the sensing platform. Moreover, this sensing platform has also been employed for reporting the spatial distribution of Cu2+ in the external environment of plants, demonstrating its applicability for monitoring Cu2+ both in living plants and the surrounding environment. This study provides a smart sensing platform for precise detection in plant internal and external environments, offering a promising strategy for precision agriculture in real-time and remote-control manners.
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- Junjie Lin
- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China.
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- Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Chengdu, 610218, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Maoming Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong, Maoming, 525100, PR China.
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Malavika JP, Shobana C, Sundarraj S, Ganeshbabu M, Kumar P, Selvan RK. Green synthesis of multifunctional carbon quantum dots: An approach in cancer theranostics. BIOMATERIALS ADVANCES 2022; 136:212756. [PMID: 35929302 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2022.212756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Revised: 03/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have gained significant growing attention in the recent past due to their peculiar characteristics including smaller size, high surface area, photoluminescence, chemical stability, facile synthesis and functionalization possibilities. They are carbon nanostructures having less than 10 nm size with fluorescent properties. In recent years, the scientific community is curiously adopting biomass precursors for the preparation of CQDs over the chemical compounds. These biomass sources are sustainable, eco-friendly, inexpensive, widely available and convert waste into valuable materials. Hence in our work the fundamental understating of diverse fabrication methodologies of CQDs, and the types of raw materials employed in recent times, are all examined and correlated comprehensively. Their unique combination of remarkable properties, together with the ease with which they can be fabricated, makes CQDs as promising materials for applications in diverse biomedical fields, in particular for bio-imaging, targeted drug delivery and phototherapy for cancer treatment. The mechanism for luminescence is of considerable significance for leading the synthesis of CQDs with tunable fluorescence emission. Therefore, it is aimed to explore and provide an updated review on (i) the recent progress on the different synthesis methods of biomass-derived CQDs, (ii) the contribution of surface states or functional groups on the luminescence origin and (iii) its potential application for cancer theranostics, concentrating on their fluorescence properties. Finally, we explored the challenges in modification for the synthesis of CQDs from biomass derivatives and the future scope of CQDs in phototherapy for cancer theranostics.
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- Jalaja Prasad Malavika
- Department of Zoology, Kongunadu Arts and Science College (Autonomous), G. N. Mills, Coimbatore 641 029, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Zoology, Kongunadu Arts and Science College (Autonomous), G. N. Mills, Coimbatore 641 029, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Zoology, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College (Autonomous), Sivakasi - 626 124, Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Physics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641 046, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Animal Health and Management, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India
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Tang H, Tang Y, Zhu H, Xiao M, Guo M. Nitrogen-doped carbon dots based on arginine and maleic acid for fabrication of PVA composite films and iron fluorescence probes. J Mol Struct 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.132034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Liu L, Zhang S, Zheng X, Li H, Chen Q, Qin K, Ding Y, Wei Y. Carbon dots derived from Fusobacterium nucleatum for intracellular determination of Fe 3+ and bioimaging both in vitro and in vivo. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2021; 13:1121-1131. [PMID: 33591301 DOI: 10.1039/d1ay00020a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Intracellular Fe3+ amount is one of the critical determinants of human health. The development of simple and effective probes for the quantitative detection of Fe3+in vivo is of great significance for the early diagnosis of disease or disorder associated with iron deficiency or overload. In this study, remarkable carbon dots, which can serve as a biosensor for efficient intracellular Fe3+ detection, were synthesized by hydrothermal carbonization of Fusobacterium nucleatum, an anaerobic bacterium. The achieved F. nucleatum-carbon dots (Fn-CDs) possessed the features of strong fluorescence, high stability and excellent biocompatibility. The obtained Fn-CDs could easily internalize into both plant cells and human cells with excellent ability for cell tracking and biomedical labeling. The fluorescence of Fn-CDs could still remain for another 24 hours after penetrating into cells. Furthermore, the fluorescent Fn-CDs were very sensitive to the presence of Fe3+ ions even in cells, exhibiting great promising applications in in vivo detection of Fe3+ ions. In addition, the Fn-CDs posed no harm to the mice, being circulated and excreted within a short time, making the Fn-CDs an excellent candidate for bioimaging and biosensing in vivo.
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- Lijuan Liu
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
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- Department of Education, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Second People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University, Kunming, 650021, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University (Shenzhen People's Hospital), Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
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