Citation: Xiaoning Li, Quanyu Shi, Meng Li, Ningxin Song, Yumeng Xiao, Huining Xiao, Tony D. James, Lei Feng. Functionalization of cellulose carbon dots with different elements (N, B and S) for mercury ion detection and anti-counterfeit applications[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2024, 35(7): 109021. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.109021 shu

Functionalization of cellulose carbon dots with different elements (N, B and S) for mercury ion detection and anti-counterfeit applications

Xiaoning Li ^{a, b, 1} ,
Quanyu Shi ^{b, 1} ,
Meng Li ^{b, *,} ,
Ningxin Song ^b ,
Yumeng Xiao ^b ,
Huining Xiao ^c ,
Tony D. James ^{d, e} ,
Lei Feng ^{a, e, *,}

a.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116023, China
b.
Hebei Key Lab of Power Plant Flue Gas Multi-Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, China
c.
Department of Chemical Engineering and Limerick Pulp & Paper Centre, University of New Brunswick, 15 Dineen Drive, Fredericton NB E3B 5A3, Canada
d.
Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
e.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China

mlincepu@hotmail.com

leifeng@dmu.edu.cn

Received Date: 3 July 2023
Revised Date: 25 August 2023
Accepted Date: 29 August 2023
Available Online: 2 September 2023

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Mercury ion (Hg²⁺), as one of the most toxic heavy metal ions, accumulates easily in the environment, which can generate potential hazards to the ecosystem and human health. To effectively detect and remove Hg²⁺, we fabricated four types of carbon dots (CDs) using carboxymethyl nanocellulose as a carbon source doped with different elements using a hydrothermal method. All the CDs exhibited a strong fluorescence emission, excitation-dependent emission and possessed good water dispersibility. Moreover, the four fluorescent CDs were used for Hg²⁺ recognition in aqueous solution, where the CDs-N exhibited better sensitivity and selectivity for Hg²⁺ detection, with a low limit of detection of 8.29 × 10⁻⁶ mol/L. It was determined that the fluorescence quenching could be ascribed to a photoinduced charge-transfer processes between Hg²⁺ and the CDs. In addition, the CDs-N were used as a smart invisible ink for anti-counterfeiting, information encryption and decryption. Furthermore, the CDs-N were immersed into a cellulose (CMC)-based hydrogel network to prepare fluorescent hydrogels capable of simultaneously detecting and adsorbing Hg²⁺. We anticipate that this research will open possibilities for a green method to synthesize fluorescent CDs for metal ion detection and fluorescent ink production.
- Carbon dots,
- Functional groups,
- Hg²⁺ detection,
- Mechanism,
- Anti-counterfeiting
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