Biobased carbon dots as photoreductants – an investigation by using triarylsulfonium salts

• Valentina Benazzi,
• Arianna Bini,
• Ilaria Bertuol,
• Mariangela Novello,
• Federica Baldi,
• Matteo Hoch,
• Alvise Perosa and
• Stefano Protti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1024–1030, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.84

• 155, 30172 Venezia Mestre, Italy Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy 10.3762/bjoc.21.84 Abstract We investigated the potential application of six types of carbon dots (CDs) obtained from

• efficiency of the resulting CDs. In this context, citric acid-derived materials (both graphitic and amorphous) were found as the most promising materials, while less satisfactory results have been observed when using CDs derived from glucose and biowastes. Keywords: agricultural waste; carbon dots (CDs

• ); triarylsulfonium salts; visible light; Introduction Carbon dots (CDs) are a class of zero-dimensional carbon-based semiconducting nanoparticles bearing on the surface a wide range of functional groups, such as carboxylic acids, alcohols, and amines, that garnered significant attention in the last decade among the

Fluorescent carbon dots from mono- and polysaccharides: synthesis, properties and applications

• Stephen Hill and
• M. Carmen Galan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 675–693, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.67

• their in vivo applications are restricted [12]. Therefore, the development of fluorescent nanoparticles that are able to replicate QD fluorescence properties without exhibiting long term toxicity profiles, has become very relevant. The term carbon dots (CDs) has been coined to describe a new class of