Highly green fluorescent Nb2C MXene quantum dots for Cu2+ion sensing and cell imaging

摘要

Niobium carbide MXene quantum dots(Nb2 C MQDs)derived from 2 D Nb2 CTx(MXene)are the rising-star material recently.Herein,a sulfur and nitrogen co-doped Nb2 C MQDs(S,N-MQDs)were synthesized through a hydrothermal method.The obtained Nb2 C MQDs have excellent green fluorescence with a quantum yield(QY)of 17.25%.In addition,they exhibited excitatio n-dependent photoluminescence,antiphotobleaching and dispersion stability.They emit light at 520 nm when excited at 390 nm.The Nb2 C MQDs could be successfully applied to copper ion detection with detection limit of 2μmol/L and Caco-2 cells imaging.