Preparation of nitrogen-doped carbon dots with high quantum yield from Bombyx mori silk for Fe(<scp>iii</scp>) ions detection

Abstract

A facile one step hydrothermal method to prepare nitrogen-doped carbon dots (CDs) with a high photoluminescence quantum yield using <italic>Bombyx mori</italic> silk was established, and CDs were applied as luminescent probes for selective detection of Fe³⁺ ions.