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Carbon dots, thanks to their surface functional groups are able to coordinate Eu(III) ions sensitizing the luminescence coming from the lanthanide excited states. We prepared C-dots from solid olive waste, and assembled them in a new CDs-Eu(III) complex, in aqueous solution. The new species is able to transduce the presence of protons into a dual optical signal working as H+-sensor in the 6–2 pH range.
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Nocito, G., Puntoriero, F., Conoci, S., Galletta, M., Nastasi, F. (2023). A New Carbon Dots-Eu(III) Complex as Red Emitting pH-Sensor. In: Di Francia, G., Di Natale, C. (eds) Sensors and Microsystems. AISEM 2021. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 918. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08136-1_11
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