Controllable synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots and their detection application as nanoprobes

Nano-Micro Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 247-259

  Yang, Zhi ^a   Li, Zhaohui ^a   Xu, Minghan ^a   Ma, Yujie ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Su, Yanjie ^a   Gao, Feng ^a   Wei, Hao ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon dots; Hydrothermal; Microwave; Nanoprobe; Solvothermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887562409     PISSN: 23116706     EISSN: 21505551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5101/nml.v5i4.p247-259     Document Type: Review

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