Aggregation induced emission "Turn on" ultra-low detection of anti-inflammatory drug flufenamic acid in human urine samples by carbon dots derived from bamboo stem waste.

Carbon dot-based fluorescence sensors have attracted research interest for the selective determination of anti-inflammatory drugs in biological fluids and environments. The overdose and accumulation of anti-inflammatory drugs in tissues can cause chronic side effects including abdominal pain, and renal damage. Herein, we report a new fluorescent probe, bamboo stem waste-derived carbon dots (BS-CDs) for highly sensitive detection of Flufenamic acid (FA), a hazardous anti-inflammatory drug.

Nonclassical Pathways: Accelerated Crystal Growth of Sodium Hexafluorosilicate Microrods via Nanoparticle-Assisted Processes with 0D Silicon Quantum Dots.

Nonclassical crystallization represents an innovative pathway that utilizes nanoparticles, enabling the generation of single crystals, going beyond a classical mechanism dependent on atoms, ions, or molecules. Our investigation has revealed hierarchical structures emerging via the aggregation and fusion of primary silicon quantum dots (SiQDs). In contrast to the classical ion-by-ion crystallization process, the primary SiQDs initially undergo aggregation, followed by fusion and their subsequent crystallization, leading to the ultrafast crystal growth of sodium hexafluorosilicate (SHFS) microrods with diverse morphologies.

Strong coupling of hybrid states of light and matter in cavity-coupled quantum dot solids.

The formation of plasmon-exciton (plexciton) polariton is a direct consequence of strong light-matter interaction, and it happens in a semiconductor-metal hybrid system. Here the formation of plasmon-exciton polaritons was observed from an AgTe/CdTe Quantum Dot (QD) solid system in the strong coupling regime. The strong coupling was achieved by increasing the oscillator strength of the excitons by forming coupled QD solids.

Correction: Induced UV photon sensing properties in narrow bandgap CdTe quantum dots through controlling hot electron dynamics.

Correction for 'Induced UV photon sensing properties in narrow bandgap CdTe quantum dots through controlling hot electron dynamics' by Thankappan Thrupthika , , 2023, https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp02424e.