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In this work we report the unique formation of twisted multilayered liquid crystalline graphene quantum dots (GQDs) from Diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid. The unique nature was confirmed through Raman spectroscopy and polarisation microscopic techniques. The presence of haeckelite structures was also seen during the assembly of the layers when the formed GQDs were heated and cooled on the hot stage of Polarising Microscopy. The GQDs exhibited blue coloured fluorescence under UV-light. The GQDs were used for the sensing of 4-Nitrophenol, 2,4-Dinitrophenol and 2,4,6-Trinitrophenol with detection limits 0.154, 0.430 and 0.093 mu M respectively and were applied to real water samples. (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.