Synthesis of yellow fluorescent carbon dots and their application to the determination of chromium(III) with selectivity improved by pH tuning

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1899-1907

  Chang, Melissa May Fung ^a   Ginjom, Irine Runnie ^a   Ngu Schwemlein, Maria ^b   Ng, Sing Muk ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonization; Fluorescence; Nanoprobe; Optical probe; Quenching; Water analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961797548     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-016-1819-2     Document Type: Article

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