Microwave-assisted synthesis of wavelength-tunable photoluminescent carbon nanodots and their potential applications

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4913-4920

  Liu, Hongying ^a,b   He, Zhimei ^a   Jiang, Li Ping ^a   Zhu, Jun Jie ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanodots; Co2+; imaging; microwave; wavelength tunable

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MICROWAVES; NANODOTS; QUENCHING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON NANODOTS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY IMAGING; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES; LUMINESCENCE MECHANISMS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON; COBALT; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; ION; METAL; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; QUANTUM DOT;

CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECTS; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON; CELL SURVIVAL; COBALT; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUTARAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IONS; METALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROWAVES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84924243734     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am508994w     Document Type: Article

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