Mechanistic studies on the reversible photophysical properties of carbon nanodots at different pH

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 207-214

  Xu, Zi Qiang ^a   Lan, Jia Yi ^a   Jin, Jian Cheng ^a   Gao, Tian ^a   Pan, Ling Li ^b   Jiang, Feng Lei ^a   Liu, Yi ^a,c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Center Hospital of Huangshi City   (China)

^c HUBEI ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanodots; Mechanism; PH dependent PL

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON; MECHANISMS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; ALKALINE CONDITIONS; CARBON NANODOTS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; PH-DEPENDENT; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

AGGLOMERATION;

CARBON; QUANTUM DOT; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; HYDROGENATION; PH; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TAUTOMERIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 84930177349     PISSN: 09277765     EISSN: 18734367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.04.012     Document Type: Article

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