Elucidating Quantum Confinement in Graphene Oxide Dots Based on Excitation-Wavelength-Independent Photoluminescence

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2087-2092

  Yeh, Te Fu ^a   Huang, Wei Lun ^b   Chung, Chung Jen ^a   Chiang, I Ting ^b   Chen, Liang Che ^a   Chang, Hsin Yu ^a   Su, Wu Chou ^b   Cheng, Ching ^a   Chen, Shean Jen ^a   Teng, Hsisheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; ANTIBONDING; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; GRAPHENE OXIDES; LUMINESCENCE COLOR; ORANGE-RED; ORBITALS;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE; OXIDE; QUANTUM DOT;

CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM THEORY;

GRAPHITE; LUMINESCENCE; OXIDES; QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84973565846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00752     Document Type: Article

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