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Facile synthesis of carbon dots from Tagetes erecta as a precursor for determination of chlorpyrifos via fluorescence turn-off and quinalphos via fluorescence turn-on mechanisms

Journal

CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 279, Issue -, Pages -

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130515

Keywords

Carbon dots; Tagetes erecta flower; Fluorescence technique; Chlorpyrifos; Quinalphos; Spectroscopic methods

Funding

  1. Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT [NRF-2019R1A2C2084065]
  2. Chung-Ang University

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A convenient one-pot synthetic route for the fabrication of carbon dots TEF-CDs from Tagetes erecta flower was developed, showing high selectivity towards chlorpyrifos and quinalphos as fluorescent probes. The synthesized CDs exhibited strong blue fluorescence, a high quantum yield, and were mainly composed of C, O, and N. Furthermore, the TEF-CDs-based fluorescent nanoprobe showed effective accuracy in estimating chlorpyrifos and quinalphos in rice and fruit samples with rapid detection time.
Convenient one-pot synthetic route for the fabrication of carbon dots (CDs) from Tagetes erecta flower (TEF), named as TEF-CDs', through solvo(hydro)-thermal carbonization of the TEF was developed. The TEF-CDs revealed high selectivity towards chlorpyrifos and quinalphos, acting as a fluorescent probe. The CDs synthesized from T. erecta flower showed a strong blue color at 495 nm when excited at 420 nm, along with the exhibition of a strong quantumyield of 63.7%. The synthesized CDs revealed their richness in the surface-active organic group that synthesized CDs from T. erecta flower are mainly comprised of C, O, and N, which were crystalline in structure that was revealed by TEM image and XRD spectra. Furthermore, when the probe was exposed to different pH conditions, no major noticeable changes were recorded. Moreover, when the probe was exposed to chlorpyrifos and quinalphos, we have noticed that fluorescence spectra was turned off when the probe was exposed to chlorpyrifos and turned on after the exposure quinalphos. Moreover, fluorescence spectral changes showed a good linearity with chlorpyrifos and quinalphos concentrations in the range of 0.05-100.0 mu M for chlorpyrifos and 0.01-50.0 mu M for quinalphos. The limit of detection are 2.1 ng mL(-1) and 1.7 ng mL(-1) for chlorpyrifos and quinalphos, respectively. Finally, the TEF-CDs-based fluorescent nanoprobe was successfully applied to estimate chlorpyrifos and quinalphos with an effective accuracy in rice and fruit samples with rapid detection time. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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