Biogenic Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Dots at Ambient Temperature Using Azadirachta indica (Neem) gum

Journal of Fluorescence

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1103-1107

  Phadke, Chinmay ^a   Mewada, Ashmi ^a   Dharmatti, Roopa ^a   Thakur, Mukeshchand ^a   Pandey, Sunil ^a   Sharon, Madhuri ^a,b  

^a N S N Research Centre for Nanotechnology and Bionanotechnology   (India)

^b MONAD Nanotech Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; Carbon materials; Carbon dots; FTIR; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; NANOPARTICLES; SPECTROSCOPY;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CARBON DOTS; CARBON MATERIAL; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; DRUG DELIVERY VEHICLES; FTIR; GREEN FLUORESCENCE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

FLUORESCENCE;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA;

EID: 84938971526     PISSN: 10530509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-015-1598-x     Document Type: Article

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