Gram-scale synthesis of single-crystalline graphene quantum dots with superior optical properties

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Liang ^a   Wang, Yanli ^a   Xu, Tao ^b   Liao, Haobo ^a   Yao, Chenjie ^a   Liu, Yuan ^a   Li, Zhen ^a   Chen, Zhiwen ^a   Pan, Dengyu ^a   Sun, Litao ^b   Wu, Minghong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Southeast University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; PYRENE; QUANTUM DOT;

ALKALINITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CARBON; CRYSTALLINITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ABSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NITRATION; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84923263730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6357     Document Type: Article

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