Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tailoring of low grade coal to fluorescent nanocarbon structures and their potential as a glucose sensor Description An account of the resource Lignite is an abundantly utilized feedstock for the facile synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots and carbon nanomaterials. Its value is appreciated as an energy source for combustion for long time. Herein we report a novel top-down strategy to synthesis lignite based fluorescent nano carbon structures by combined acidic oxidation and chemical reflux. The nanocarbon crystallites in lignite are converted to oxygenated nano carbon dots and graphene sheets. They exhibited stable fluorescence property in the visible region depending on their size, functionalities and defects which were highly stable in all the pH conditions. These nanocarbon structures are an effective probe for fluorescent sensing of label-free and selective detection of glucose ions with detection limit as low as 0.125 mM, promising real-world sensor applications. These findings establish a scalable method for the production of fluorescent carbon based glucose sensor from lignite. 2018, The Author(s). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Manoj B.; Raj A.M.; Thomas G.C. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Scientific Reports, Vol-8, No. 1 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Nature Publishing Group Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32371-9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32371-9</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053479108&amp;doi=10.1038%2Fs41598-018-32371-9&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=3e5986614ab05ed3612d136f5af37bd6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053479108&amp;doi=10.1038%2fs41598-018-32371-9&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=3e5986614ab05ed3612d136f5af37bd6</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 20452322; PubMed ID: 30224787 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Manoj B., Department of Physics &amp; Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India; Raj A.M., Department of Physics &amp; Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India; Thomas G.C., Department of Physics &amp; Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India