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@article{185518,
        author = {Dr Renuga Velayutham},
        title = {Development of Fluorescent Carbon Dots from Disposable Cups and as a Sensor to detect toxic metal ions from contaminated water},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {7},
        pages = {3377-3400},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=185518},
        abstract = {Our daily use paper cups, which were coated by ethylene molecule, were considered as the source to prepare Carbon dots(C-dot) using the environment friendly and greener solvent (IL) Imidazolium based Ionic Liquids. The hydrothermal method was adopted to prepare the fluorescent natured C-dots from this paper cups. The prepared fluorescent nature CQDs act as a promising probe for food quality detection and helps to find some hazardous impurities present in food materials and to detect toxic metals from the contaminated water through fluorescence quenching mechanism.  The prepared C-dots were characterized using IR, UV, PL, and XRD.},
        keywords = {paper cup, Hydrothermal method, Imidazolium based IL, Carbon Dot, fluorescent nature.},
        month = {December},
        }