Spyridon Gavalas, Mohammed S Beg, Ella N Gibbons, Antonios Kelarakis
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This paper presents a simple, post-synthesis treatment of carbon dots (C-dots) that relies on the oxidizing activity of sodium hypochlorite to induce surface oxidation, etching and pronounced structural rearrangements. The thus treated C-dots (ox-C-dots) exhibit up to six-fold enhancement in quantum yield compared to non-oxidised analogues, while maintaining low levels of cytotoxicity against HeLa and U87 cell lines. In addition, we demonstrate that a range of polymeric materials (polyurethane sponge, polyvinylidene fluoride membrane, polyester fabric) impregnated with ox-C-dots show advanced antifungal properties against Talaromyces pinophilus, while their untreated counterparts fail to do so.
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