Carbon quantum dots: Surface passivation and functionalization

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 682-695

  Dimos, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Applications; Carbon quantum dots; Fluorescence; Luminescence; Optoelectronic properties; Organic functionalization; Surface passivation; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LUMINESCENCE; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CARBON QUANTUM DOTS; CARBON-BASED; ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HETEROATOMS; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; OPTOELECTRONICS PROPERTY; ORGANIC FUNCTIONALIZATION; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84959020232     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1385272819666150730220948     Document Type: Review

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