Green synthesis of highly fluorescent carbon quantum dots from sugarcane bagasse pulp

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 390, Issue , 2016, Pages 435-443

  S , Thambiraj ^a   D , Ravi Shankaran ^a,b  

^a PSG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon quantum dots; Fluorescence; Raman spectroscopy; Sugarcane bagasse pulp; Top down approach

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BAGASSE; CARBON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DELIVERY; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBON QUANTUM DOTS; DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION; SPECTROFLUOROPHOTOMETRY; SUGARCANE BAGASSE PULPS; TOP DOWN APPROACHES; VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84991690449     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.08.106     Document Type: Article

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