Common origin of green luminescence in carbon nanodots and graphene quantum dots

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2541-2547

  Wang, Lei ^a   Zhu, Shou Jun ^b   Wang, Hai Yu ^a   Qu, Song Nan ^c   Zhang, Yong Lai ^a   Zhang, Jun Hu ^b   Chen, Qi Dai ^a   Xu, Huai Liang ^a   Han, Wei ^a   Yang, Bai ^b   Sun, Hong Bo ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jilin University   (China)

^c CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanodots; carboxyl groups; edge states; graphene quantum dots; transient species

Indexed keywords

CARBONIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BOTTOM-UP AND TOP-DOWN; CARBON NANODOTS; CARBONYL AND CARBOXYL GROUPS; CARBOXYL GROUPS; EDGE STATE; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; TRANSIENT SPECIES; ULTRA-FAST SPECTROSCOPIES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84896991612     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn500368m     Document Type: Article

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