@article {44660,
	title = {Synthesis of ecofriendly fluorescent carbon dots and their biomedical and environmental applications},
	journal = {Materials Technology},
	volume = {33},
	year = {2018},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {672-680},
	abstract = {<p>Green Synthesis of nanoparticles is an emerging field with enormous advantages over conventional synthesis methods. Herein we have reported a green method for the preparation of water soluble polydisperse carbon dots (c-dots) from Cocos nucifera frond pinnae by a modified version of the {\textquoteleft}single step hydrothermal carbonization{\textquoteright}. C-dots having blue emission were obtained with this method and we further evaluated the effect of metal ions interactions on c-dots, as a sharp decrease in photoluminescence was observed. The synthesized c-dots were found bioactive against B.subtilis, M. smegmatis and S. aureus as determined by the well diffusion assay. We also explored nanotheranostic applications of c-dots as biosensor matrix in DNA hybridization sensor for pancreatic cancer and in bioimaging of cancer cells. This study demonstrated that c-dots can be explored for numerous biomedical and environmental applications in a variety of fields owing to the cost effective synthesis, biocompatibility and excellent physico-chemical properties.</p>},
	keywords = {Carbon dots, differential pulse voltammetry, DNA hybridization sensor, green synthesis, Pancreatic Cancer},
	issn = {1066-7857},
	doi = {10.1080/10667857.2018.1492683},
	author = {Joshi, Preeti Nigam and Mathias, Anjelica and Mishra, Abhishek}
}
