The optical properties of GQD-1 and GQD-2 were analyzed using a Biochrom
UV–vis absorption spectrophotometer. Photoluminescence (PL)
characteristics of GQD-1 and GQD-2 were analyzed using a FluoroMax-4
Spectrofluorometer—Horiba, the fluorescence spectrophotometer.
GQDs illustrate tunable PL through the manipulation of edge functionality
under distinct preparation conditions. In the current study, the FTIR
instrument employed was 760 Nicolet, and it helped in the detection
of organic as well as inorganic groups present in the GQD samples,
in accordance with their particular IR frequency. The morphologic
characteristics of GQD samples were analyzed using transmission electron
microscopy (
HT 770, Hitachi, Japan). The instrument employed for Raman
spectroscopy was a Thermo Fisher Scientific
DXR Raman microscope having
a wavelength of 532 nm, 40 times scanning, and a laser power of 0.1–10
mW using 50× microscope objectives. Furthermore, the presence
of GQDs was clearly confirmed by the peaks noted from the Fourier
transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis. The FTIR instrument
employed for the GQD analysis, in this study, was a 760 Nicolet FTIR
model. NMR analysis for the two samples for
1H spectra
and
13C was carried out using a JOEL NMR 600 MHz.
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