Europium-decorated graphene quantum dots as a fluorescent probe for label-free, rapid and sensitive detection of Cu2+ and l-cysteine

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 891, Issue , 2015, Pages 261-268

  Lin, Liping ^a   Song, Xinhong ^b   Chen, Yiying ^b   Rong, Mingcong ^b   Wang, Yiru ^b   Zhao, Li ^c   Zhao, Tingting ^c   Chen, Xi ^b  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Xiamen Huaxia College   (China)

Author keywords

Change of electron density and surface chemical activities; Detection of Cu2+ and L Cys; Europium complexed graphene quantum dots; Strong acid treatment; Three dimensional Eu complexed graphene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ATOMS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL DETECTION; COORDINATION REACTIONS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; FLUORESCENCE; GRAPHENE; METAL IONS; METALS; NANOCRYSTALS; PROBES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENT PROBES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; OXYGEN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SENSITIVE DETECTION; STRONG ACIDS; SURFACE CHEMICAL ACTIVITY;

EUROPIUM;

CUPRIC ION; CYSTEINE; EDETIC ACID; EUROPIUM; GRAPHENE; QUANTUM DOT; COPPER; DIVALENT CATION; FLUORESCENT DYE; GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL RESPIRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZETA POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CATTLE; COPPER; CYSTEINE; EUROPIUM; FLUORESCENT DYES; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84941881321     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.08.011     Document Type: Article

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