Portable and non-invasive fluorescent thin films from photocatalytically active carbon dots for selective and trace-level detection of picric acid

Abstract

Multifunctional N, S and P-doped CDs derived from C. thevetia flowers are used in a PVDF-based portable recyclable thin film fluorescent probe for selective trace level detection of picric acid and for the environmental remediation of azo dyes, acting as a potential solar photocatalytic material.