Luminescent graphene quantum dots as new fluorescent materials for environmental and biological applications

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-102

  Lin, Liping ^a   Rong, Mingcong ^a   Luo, Feng ^b   Chen, Dongmei ^b   Wang, Yiru ^a   Chen, Xi ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fujian Research Institute of Metric Science   (China)

Author keywords

Biological application; Chemical properties; Cytotoxicity; Environmental application; Fluorescent material; Graphene quantum dot; Luminescent graphene quantum dot; Physical properties; Size tuning method; Surface chemistry method

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CYTOTOXICITY; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; FLUORESCENT MATERIALS; LUMINESCENT GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOT; SIZE-TUNING METHOD; SURFACE-CHEMISTRY METHOD;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHENE; NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT;

ABSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOLUMINESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84892666481     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2013.11.001     Document Type: Review

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