Luminescent colloidal carbon dots: Optical properties and effects of doping [Invited]

Optics Express

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2016, Pages A312-A340

  Reckmeier, C J ^a   Schneider, J ^a   Susha, A S ^a   Rogach, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; HYBRID MATERIALS; LUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

CUSTOMIZABLE; DOPANT ATOMS; EFFECT OF DOPING; FLUORESCENT NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR PRECURSOR; REACTION PARAMETERS; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84962199170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.00A312     Document Type: Review

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