Synthesis and Properties of Carbon Nanodots Obtained from Glucose and Urea by Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Carbonization

MONICA C GONZALEZ; HERNÁN B. RODRÍGUEZ ; DARIO FERREIRA

Carlos paz

Congreso; XIII ELAFOT; 2017

UN Santiago del Estero

Carbon nanodots (C-dots) comprise discrete, quasispherical nanoparticles with sizes bellow 10 nm. Recently, great advances had been achieved on the application of C-dots as luminescent probes for biosensing, bioimaging, drug delivery and optoelectronic devices. There is still debate about the functional groups, structure, and morphology of these particles whose variations determine their fundamental properties. The understanding of the correlation between these factors is further complicated by the strong dependence of C-dots properties with the nature of precursor materials and synthesis methods. In the present work we explore a facile C-dots synthesis method based on hydrothermal carbonization of glucose and urea via microwave pyrolysis.