Full-color light-emitting carbon dots with a surface-state-controlled luminescence mechanism

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 484-491

  Ding, Hui ^a   Yu, Shang Bo ^a   Wei, Ji Shi ^a   Xiong, Huan Ming ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; Carbon dots; Full color luminescence; Luminescence mechanism; Surface states

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SOURCES; LUMINESCENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE STATES;

BIO-IMAGING; CARBON DOTS; CONTROLLED LUMINESCENCE; FULL COLOR; HYDROTHERMALLY SYNTHESIZED; LUMINESCENCE MECHANISMS; SILICA COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; SINGLE-WAVELENGTH LIGHT;

LIGHT;

EID: 84989886841     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05406     Document Type: Article

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