Journal
ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS
Volume 4, Issue 8, Pages 8184-8191Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c01413
Keywords
carbon nanodots; logic gate; QR codes; smartphone; fluorescence
Funding
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Sensing Technology and Biomedical Instruments [2020B1212060077]
- Guangdong Natural Science Foundation [2020A1515010661]
- Shenzhen Basic Research Program [JCYJ20170816143646446]
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Carbon nanodot-based logic gates have gained research attention for their response to various chemicals and biological inputs. This study successfully synthesized and adjusted three emissive CDs for logic operations, and encoded the information into QR codes for easy decoding. It demonstrates a pathway in molecular computing for multilevel logic operations and a convenient readout system for practical applications.
Carbon nanodot (CD)-based logic gates, depending on the fluorescence response of CDs toward various chemicals and biological inputs, have attracted increasing research attention recently. However, it is still challenging to transform multicolor CD-based logic operations into convenient, reprogrammable, and independent readout sensing systems for practical applications. In this study, blue (CD-1), green (CD-2), and red (CD-3) emissive CDs were synthesized and conditioned to implement a series of logic operations, including NOT, PASS 1, NOR, NAND, and IMP. CDs served as logic gates, while Hg2+, Fe3+, H+, and OH- served as chemical inputs. In addition, logic operation information was encoded into Quick Response (QR) codes, which could be easily decoded by a smartphone, highlighting the convenience of information storage and extraction. This study demonstrates an avenue in molecular computing that enables multilevel logic operations, and a convenient and user-friendly readout system for molecular computing. The method reported here holds a great promise to simplify complicated chemo/biosensing for practical applications in the future.
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