Origin of strong excitation wavelength dependent fluorescence of graphene oxide

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1002-1013

  Cushing, Scott K ^a,b   Li, Ming ^a   Huang, Fuqiang ^c   Wu, Nianqiang ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

excitation wavelength dependent luminescence; fluorescence; giant red edge effect; graphene; graphene oxide; photoluminescence

Indexed keywords

EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; GIANT RED-EDGE EFFECT; GRAPHENE OXIDES; INORGANIC QUANTUM DOTS; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; NON-POLAR SOLVENTS; SOLVATION DYNAMICS;

FLUORESCENCE; GRAPHENE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

FLUOROPHORES;

EID: 84893445764     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn405843d     Document Type: Article

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