Rapid synthesis of carbon dots by hydrothermal treatment of lignin

Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Chen, Wenxin ^a   Hu, Chaofan ^b   Yang, Yunhua ^c   Cui, Jianghu ^d   Liu, Yingliang ^d  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; Carbon dots; H2O2; Hydrothermal synthesis; Lignin

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; LIGNIN;

BIO-IMAGING; BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS; BLUE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; CARBON DOTS; H2O2; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; LOW CYTOTOXICITIES; PHOTO-STABILITY;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

LIGNINS; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS; WATER;

EID: 84962715960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma9030184     Document Type: Article

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