Highly fluorescent carbon dots as nanoprobes for sensitive and selective determination of 4-nitrophenol in surface waters

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 182, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 51-59

  Ahmed, Gaber Hashem Gaber ^a   Laíño, Rosana Badía ^b   Calzón, Josefa Angela García ^b   García, Marta Elena Díaz ^b  

^a DAMANHOUR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

4 nitrophenol; Carbon dots; Fluorescence; Water analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927520712     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-014-1302-x     Document Type: Article

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