Fluorescent carbon nanoparticles: mimicking hydrogen peroxide properties in a chemiluminescence system

Abstract

Fluorescent carbon nanoparticles (FCNs), as novel luminescent reagents exhibiting hydrogen peroxide mimicking properties, can directly react with luminol, NaHCO₃ and NaHSO₃ in alkaline conditions to yield novel chemiluminescence, and show great potential towards further applications of ultra-weak chemiluminescence.