Quantum-Sized Carbon Dots for Bright and Colorful Photoluminescence

Sun, Ya-Ping, Zhou, Bing, Lin, Yi, Wang, Wei, Fernando, K. A. Shiral, Pathak, Pankaj, Meziani, Mohammed Jaouad, Harruff, Barbara A., Wang, Xin, Wang, Haifang, Luo, Pengju G., Yang, Hua, Kose, Muhammet Erkan, Chen, Bailin, Veca, L. Monica, Xie, Su-Yuan·2006·Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI 10.1021/ja062677d

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We report that nanoscale carbon particles (carbon dots) upon simple surface passivation are strongly photoluminescent in both solution and the solid state. The luminescence emission of the carbon dots is stable against photobleaching, and there is no blinking effect. These strongly emissive carbon dots may find applications similar to or beyond those of their widely pursued silicon counterparts.

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Authors: Sun, Y.-P., Zhou, B., Lin, Y., Wang, W., Fernando, K. A. S., Pathak, P., Meziani, M. J., Harruff, B. A., Wang, X., Wang, H., Luo, P. G., Yang, H., Kose, M. E., Chen, B., Veca, L. M., & Xie, S.-Y.
Venue: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Published: 2006-05-23
Volume: 128
Issue: 24
Pages: 7756-7757
ISSN: 0002-7863 (ISSN-L)
1520-5126
DOI: 10.1021/ja062677d
OpenAlex: W2095028064
Cited by: 5,114
References: 0
FWCI: 11.72
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed

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