Large-Scale and Controllable Synthesis of Graphene Quantum Dots from Rice Husk Biomass: A Comprehensive Utilization Strategy

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1434-1439

  Wang, Zhaofeng ^a   Yu, Jingfang ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a,b   Li, Na ^c   Liu, Bin ^c   Li, Yanyan ^c   Wang, Yuhua ^c   Wang, Weixing ^d   Li, Yezhou ^a   Zhang, Lichun ^a   Dissanayake, Shanka ^a   Suib, Steven L ^a   Sun, Luyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

biocompatibility; cell imaging; comprehensive utilization; graphene quantum dots; rice husks

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CYTOLOGY; GRAPHENE; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CELL IMAGING; CELL VIABILITY; COMPREHENSIVE UTILIZATIONS; CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; HIGH QUALITY; MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES; RICE HUSK;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAPHITE; QUANTUM DOT; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMASS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECTS; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; ORYZA; PROCEDURES; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOPLASM; GRAPHITE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; ORYZA; QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; WATER;

EID: 84955483430     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10660     Document Type: Article

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