Ionic liquid-assisted electrochemical exfoliation of carbon dots of different size for fluorescent imaging of bacteria by tuning the water fraction in electrolyte
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An electrochemical approach is introduced for synthesis of carbon dots (CDs) by exfoliating graphite rods at a voltage of 15 V in an electrolyte consisting of a mixture of water and two ionic liquids. It is found that the size of the CDs can be tuned by varying the fraction of water in the mixed electrolyte; CDs in sizes of 4.9, 4.1 and 3.1 nm are obtained if the electrolyte contains water in fractions of 24, 38 and 56 %, respectively. The CDs have a quantum yield of almost 10 % and display the typical excitation wavelength-dependent maxima of photoluminescence, strongest at excitation/emission wavelengths of 360/440 nm. Fourier transform infrared and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy show the CDs to have oxygen functional groups on their surface which strongly improve solubility. The CDs were applied to image cells of the electricity-producing bacteria Shewanellaoneidensis MR-1. Graphical AbstractAn electrochemical approach is introduced to synthesize carbon dots by exfoliating graphite rods in mixed electrolyte of water and ionic liquids. The increasing size of carbon dots was realized by reducing the volume of water in the mixed electrolyte. The carbon dots were used to fluorescently image the electricity-producing bacterium Shewanellaoneidensis MR-1.
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