Synthesis of Thiolated Graphene Quantum Dots and Their Application in the Measurement of Mercury Ions

In this work, at first thiolated graphene quantum dot tio-GQD was synthesized. Characterization of the synthesized compound was caried out by the use of infrared spectroscopy. The obtained results confirm that the thiolated graphene quantum dot was succesfully synthesized. The size of these nanoparticles was investigated by TEM. On the base of achieved images, the average dimeters of nanoparticles were estimated about 50 nm. The oxidized GQD were thiol functionalized with cysteamine. In the following the prepared nanoparticles were applied for the determination of trace amount of mercury. The limit of detection was obtained 0.160 μM and linear concentration rang 0.5 µM to 1 mM. Finaly the synthesized thiolated graphene quantum dot was applied for the determination of mercury in the real samples and selectivity with satisfactory results.