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Light: Science and Applications, volume 11, issue 1, publication number 92

Revealing the nature of optical activity in carbon dots produced from different chiral precursor molecules

Das Ananya ¹

Kundelev Evgeny V. ¹

Vedernikova Anna A. ¹

Cherevkov Sergei A. ¹

Danilov Denis V. ²

Koroleva Aleksandra V. ²

Zhizhin Evgeniy V ²

Tsypkin Anton N ³

Litvin Aleksandr P. ^{1, 4}

Baranov Alexander E. ¹

Fedorov Anatoly V. ¹

Ushakova Elena V. ¹

Rogach Andrey L. ^{5, 6}

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Center of Information Optical Technologies, ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russia |

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Laboratory of Femtosecond Optics and Femtotechnology, ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russia |

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Laboratory of Quantum Processes and Measurements, ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russia |

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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Centre for Functional Photonics (CFP), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China |

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Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2022-04-11

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Journal: Light: Science and Applications

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ISSN: 20477538

DOI: 10.1038/s41377-022-00778-9

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PubMed ID: 35410998

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Abstract

Carbon dots (CDs) are light-emitting nanoparticles that show great promise for applications in biology and medicine due to the ease of fabrication, biocompatibility, and attractive optical properties. Optical chirality, on the other hand, is an intrinsic feature inherent in many objects in nature, and it can play an important role in the formation of artificial complexes based on CDs that are implemented for enantiomer recognition, site-specific bonding, etc. We employed a one-step hydrothermal synthesis to produce chiral CDs from the commonly used precursors citric acid and ethylenediamine together with a set of different chiral precursors, namely, L-isomers of cysteine, glutathione, phenylglycine, and tryptophan. The resulting CDs consisted of O,N-doped (and also S-doped, in some cases) carbonized cores with surfaces rich in amide and hydroxyl groups; they exhibited high photoluminescence quantum yields reaching 57%, chiral optical signals in the UV and visible spectral regions, and two-photon absorption. Chiral signals of CDs were rather complex and originated from a combination of the chiral precursors attached to the CD surface, hybridization of lower-energy levels of chiral chromophores formed within CDs, and intrinsic chirality of the CD cores. Using DFT analysis, we showed how incorporation of the chiral precursors at the optical centers induced a strong response in their circular dichroism spectra. The optical characteristics of these CDs, which can easily be dispersed in solvents of different polarities, remained stable during pH changes in the environment and after UV exposure for more than 400 min, which opens a wide range of bio-applications.

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Das A. et al. Revealing the nature of optical activity in carbon dots produced from different chiral precursor molecules // Light: Science and Applications. 2022. Vol. 11. No. 1. 92

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Das A., Kundelev E. V., Vedernikova A. A., Cherevkov S. A., Danilov D. V., Koroleva A. V., Zhizhin E. V., Tsypkin A. N., Litvin A. P., Baranov A. E., Fedorov A. V., Ushakova E. V., Rogach A. L. Revealing the nature of optical activity in carbon dots produced from different chiral precursor molecules // Light: Science and Applications. 2022. Vol. 11. No. 1. 92

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DO - 10.1038/s41377-022-00778-9

UR - https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41377-022-00778-9

TI - Revealing the nature of optical activity in carbon dots produced from different chiral precursor molecules

T2 - Light: Science and Applications

AU - Das, Ananya

AU - Kundelev, Evgeny V.

AU - Vedernikova, Anna A.

AU - Danilov, Denis V.

AU - Koroleva, Aleksandra V.

AU - Zhizhin, Evgeniy V

AU - Baranov, Alexander E.

AU - Ushakova, Elena V.

AU - Rogach, Andrey L.

AU - Tsypkin, Anton N

AU - Cherevkov, Sergei A.

AU - Litvin, Aleksandr P.

AU - Fedorov, Anatoly V.

PY - 2022

DA - 2022/04/11 00:00:00

PB - Springer Nature

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VL - 11

PMID - 35410998

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@article{2022_Das,

author = {Ananya Das and Evgeny V. Kundelev and Anna A. Vedernikova and Denis V. Danilov and Aleksandra V. Koroleva and Evgeniy V Zhizhin and Alexander E. Baranov and Elena V. Ushakova and Andrey L. Rogach and Anton N Tsypkin and Sergei A. Cherevkov and Aleksandr P. Litvin and Anatoly V. Fedorov},

title = {Revealing the nature of optical activity in carbon dots produced from different chiral precursor molecules},

journal = {Light: Science and Applications},

year = {2022},

volume = {11},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {apr},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41377-022-00778-9},

number = {1},

doi = {10.1038/s41377-022-00778-9}

}

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