Anomalous behaviors of visible luminescence from graphene quantum dots: Interplay between size and shape

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 8203-8208

  Kim, Sung ^a   Hwang, Sung Won ^b   Kim, Min Kook ^c   Shin, Dong Yeol ^a   Shin, Dong Hee ^a   Kim, Chang Oh ^a   Yang, Seung Bum ^a   Park, Jae Hee ^a   Hwang, Euyheon ^a   Choi, Suk Ho ^a   Ko, Geunwoo ^b   Sim, Sunghyun ^b   Sone, Cheolsoo ^b   Choi, Hyoung Joon ^c   Bae, Sukang ^d   Hong, Byung Hee ^d  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

edge; graphene; photoluminescence; quantum dot; shape; size

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOR; AVERAGE SIZE; EDGE; NONMONOTONIC BEHAVIORS; OPTOELECTRONIC NANODEVICES; PEAK ENERGY; PL SPECTRA; SHAPE; SIZE; SIZE AND SHAPE; SIZE DEPENDENCE; VISIBLE LUMINESCENCE; VISIBLE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ARTIFACTS; GRAPHITE; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84866693492     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302878r     Document Type: Article

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