Exploring the origin of blue and ultraviolet fluorescence in graphene oxide

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2035-2040

  Kozawa, Daichi ^a   Miyauchi, Yuhei ^a,b   Mouri, Shinichiro ^a   Matsuda, Kazunari ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fluorescence; graphene oxides; optical properties; photoluminescence

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC RINGS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; EXCITATION SPECTRUM; EXFOLIATED GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDES; OXYGEN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PEAK WAVELENGTH; ULTRAVIOLET FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84879743106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz400930f     Document Type: Article

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