Tuning the photoluminescence of graphene quantum dots through the charge transfer effect of functional groups

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1239-1245

  Jin, Sung Hwan ^a   Kim, Da Hye ^b   Jun, Gwang Hoon ^a   Hong, Soon Hyung ^a   Jeon, Seokwoo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Industrial Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

band gap; density functional theory; functionalization; graphene quantum dots; photoluminescence

Indexed keywords

AMINE GROUPS; BAND-GAP TUNING; BANDGAP PROPERTIES; CUTTING PROCESS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES (DFT); FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GRAPHENE OXIDES; GRAPHENE SHEETS; PL EMISSION; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; RED SHIFT;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY GAP; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84874419985     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn304675g     Document Type: Article

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