Host-Guest Carbon Dots for Enhanced Optical Properties and beyond

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sun, Ya Ping ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Lu, Zhuomin ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Meziani, Mohammed J ^a   LeCroy, Gregory E ^a   Liu, Yun ^a   Qian, Haijun ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937675011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12354     Document Type: Article

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