Investigation on the Chirality Mechanism of Chiral Carbon Quantum Dots Derived from Tryptophan

Overview

Journal RSC Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 May 6

PMID 35518943

Authors

Yingying Wei

Lin Chen

Junli Wang

Xuguang Liu

Yongzhen Yang

Shiping Yu

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Abstract

Chiral carbon quantum dots (CQDs) with chirality, fluorescence and biocompatibility were synthesized by a one-step method with l-/d-tryptophan (l-/d-Trp), as both carbon source and chiral source. Levogyration-/dextrorotation-CQDs (l-/d-CQDs) were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry, ultraviolet-visible absorption, excitation and emission spectrometry and circular dichroism (CD) spectrometry. Results show that l-CQDs and d-CQDs present similar spherical morphology, functional groups and optical properties. The CD signal, around 220, 240 and 290 nm are opposite and symmetric, which conclusively demonstrates that l-CQDs and d-CQDs are enantiomers. Besides the CD signal around 220 nm from the inheritance of l-/d-Trp, two new chiral signals around 240 and 290 nm were induced by chiral environment.

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