I have read many articles discussing various methods of Bottom-up preparation of carbon dots using particular amino acids for additional functionality and increased quantum yield. Can two AAs be used to produce carbon dots that have both moieties on their surface?
Nart Jan Yaltchen
To make carbon quantum dots, amino acids are pyrolyzed (heated) until they are converted to carbon. For the reaction, it is still necessary to pyrolyze one type of amino acid or two types together. The result is carbon.
Yuri Mirgorod, thank you for your response.
Apologies, I did not explain my question properly. What I meant was that some papers used hydrothermal synthesis methods combining amino acids and a carbon precursor to produce carbon dots with surface moieties of the amino acids that were used. Is this possible with two different amino acids?
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