Carbon nanodots for charge-transfer processes

A Cadranel, JT Margraf, V Strauss… - Accounts of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus In recent years, carbon nanodots (CNDs) have emerged as an environmentally
friendly, biocompatible, and inexpensive class of material, whose features sparked interest …

Interfacing Carbon Dots for Charge‐Transfer Processes

A Stergiou, N Tagmatarchis - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) are a booming material and the most recent incomer in the big family of
carbon nanostructures. Specifically, CDs are nanosized fluorescent core‐shell nanoparticles …

Carbon nanodots: toward a comprehensive understanding of their photoluminescence

V Strauss, JT Margraf, C Dolle, B Butz… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report the characterization of carbon nanodots (CNDs) synthesized under mild and
controlled conditions, that is, in a microwave reactor. The CNDs thus synthesized exhibit …

The elusive nature of carbon nanodot fluorescence: An unconventional perspective

M Righetto, F Carraro, A Privitera… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The burgeoning interest raised by carbon dots (CDs) is an epitome of the urgency to
develop green and biocompatible alternatives to inorganic and hybrid quantum dots. The …

Carbon dots: a small conundrum

B Yao, H Huang, Y Liu, Z Kang - Trends in Chemistry, 2019 - cell.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are an emerging subset of nanomaterials, defined by characteristic sizes
of< 10nm. CDs possess a carbon core that is functionalized by various groups at the surface …

Carbon nanodots: synthesis, properties and applications

H Li, Z Kang, Y Liu, ST Lee - Journal of materials chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanodots (C-dots) have generated enormous excitement because of their
superiority in water solubility, chemical inertness, low toxicity, ease of functionalization and …

Systematic comparison of carbon dots from different preparations—consistent optical properties and photoinduced redox characteristics in visible spectrum and …

L Ge, N Pan, J Jin, P Wang, GE LeCroy… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDots) are characterized by their optical properties including strong
absorptions and bright and colorful fluorescence emissions in the visible spectrum and by …

Assigning electronic states in carbon nanodots

V Strauss, A Kahnt, EM Zolnhofer… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Luminescent carbon nanodots exhibit enormous potential to be used as functional building
blocks in energy conversion devices. Their intrinsic heterogeneity, however, hinders a …

A fluorescence-electrochemical study of carbon nanodots (CNDs) in bio-and photoelectronic applications and energy gap investigation

Z Zeng, W Zhang, DM Arvapalli, B Bloom… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanodots (CNDs) have attracted great attention due to their superior solubility,
biocompatibility, tunable photoluminescence, and opto-electronic properties. This work …

Diversity and tailorability of photoelectrochemical properties of carbon dots

Z Chen, Y Liu, Z Kang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus As a new kind of carbon based functional material, carbon dots (CDs) have
sparked much interest in recent years. The tunable structure, composition, and morphology …