Pollutant soot of diesel engine exhaust transformed to carbon dots for multicoloured imaging of E. coli and sensing cholesterol

• Published in: RSC advances Vol. 4; no. 57; pp. 30100 - 30107
• Main Authors: Tripathi, Kumud Malika, Sonker, Amit Kumar, Sonkar, Sumit Kumar, Sarkar, Sabyasachi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Escherichia

A convenient method for the synthesis of water soluble, fluorescent carbon dots from environmental pollutant diesel soot is described. The soot, generated from the exhaust of diesel engines as black, diesel particulate matter (DPM), is an environmental pollutant. This pollutant has been utilized as...