Green synthesis of fluorescent carbon quantum dots and carbon spheres from pericarp

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 863-870

  Du, Wei ^a,b   Xu, Xiaoqian ^a   Hao, Han ^a   Liu, Rongmei ^b,c   Zhang, Di ^a   Gao, Feng ^b   Lu, Qingyi ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ANHUI POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon quantum dots; carbon sphere; fluorescence; green synthesis

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; CARBON; FLUORESCENCE; NANOCRYSTALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SPHERES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARBON QUANTUM DOTS; CARBON SPHERES; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; GOOD WATER-SOLUBILITY; GREEN SYNTHESIS; HYDROTHERMAL TECHNIQUES; HYDROTHERMAL TEMPERATURE; REACTION BYPRODUCTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84939977652     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-014-5256-y     Document Type: Article

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