Housane
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Easy Colourful Quantum Dots
Today I managed to make green carbon quantum dots by dissolving 3g of sucrose in 10ml of water and 1ml of 30% HCl was added to make it acidic. It was
then heated at 80-90C for 10 minutes and the water was allowed to evaporate. After 5 mins the solution turned yellow and it got steadily darker. After
the 10 mins a distinctly sweet our could be smelt.
It was take off the heat and allowed to cool. The remaining black solution was dissolved in 150ml of water and then filtered, a dark filtrate was
collected. This was made neutral by addition of NaOH. These are quantum dots but to see them clearly i diluted them. In the pictures the range on the
lower level is 2 fully concentrated then 5 vials going from 25% to 5% in 5% increments. Feel free to ask any questions. The glow is poor as the light
is a cheap UV invisible ink pen, I will do better pictures on request.
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[Edited on 18-6-2020 by Housane]
Green QD's so far
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Housane
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More pictures
  
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i have a request for you, could you check in a few months/a year if they still fluoresce the same?
i made some blue quantum dots via the hydrothermal method (pretty much the same thing you did but in a closed vessel and at 180°C instead of 90) a
year and a half ago, and now the solution fluoresces green and it is much much fainter, i suspect that with time the nano particles aggregate
somewhat, i would be interested to know how long it takes for yours
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Housane
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Yeah sure,I will do an update in a year or so
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draculic acid69
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This sounds a lot like making levulinic acid.
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And what's the chemistry behind it. What chemical is formed by heating sugar with HCl and then neutralising it?
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Housane
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The idea is you are breaking down the carbon and then slowly reforming it in such a way that lots of tiny particles are formed and this is what
changes the colour of the UV light. Thought emporium has a video about them. The acid slightly alters this. Others colours should be possible in Basic
solutions and the colour may change depending on what acid is used, more exeprimatation I need to do
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Housane
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I think I have just made yellow quantum dots, I will post again when the solution is concentrated enough to get a good picture
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While looking for a wiring diagram for my dishwasher, which I did not find, but I did find a paper describing how to make Doped/Co-Doped Carbon
Quantum Dots. I thought others may find it useful so I am posting it in this thread.
Attachment: carbon-05-00024-v2.pdf (5.1MB)
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I am wg48 but not on my usual pc hence the temp handle.
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Housane
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Ubya, I have just checked them and both the green and the yellow glow exactly the same as before
Green QD's so far
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