Green Synthesis of Highly Luminescent Carbon Quantum Dots from Asafoetida and Their Antibacterial Properties
Zahra Ramezani, Armita Khayat, Brian De La Franier, Abdolghani Ameri, Michael Thompson, Hsueh-Shih (Sean) Chen · 2025
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Zahra Ramezani and co-authors cook glowing carbon dots in 2025 from a pungent spice resin, asafoetida. These dots shine brightly and can kill germs, drawing interest for medicine and coatings. A one-pot hot-water method made plain dots and a copper-doped batch from the resin powder.
Plain dots glowed best in the blue at a yield of thirty-seven percent, they report. Copper shifted the glow slightly and nearly doubled the yield to over seventy-three percent. Against two common germs, the copper batch won, halting growth at a low dose. Set into a plastic film, it kept its germ-fighting glow under the microscope. A kitchen spice turned light source hints at cheap, green coatings for clinics.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zahra Ramezani, Armita Khayat, Brian De La Franier, Abdolghani Ameri, Michael Thompson, Hsueh-Shih (Sean) Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |