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 …

[PDF][PDF] A biocompatible fluorescent ink based on water‐soluble luminescent carbon nanodots

S Qu, X Wang, Q Lu, X Liu, L Wang - … Chemie-International Edition, 2012 - academia.edu
Carbon nanodots (C-dots) are fascinating carbon materials that are attracting increasing
interest because they possess distinct benefits, such as chemical inertness, a lack of optical …

Carbon nanodots as fluorescence probes for rapid, sensitive, and label-free detection of Hg 2+ and biothiols in complex matrices

L Zhou, Y Lin, Z Huang, J Ren, X Qu - Chemical communications, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanodots as fluorescence probes for rapid, sensitive, and label-free detection of Hg
2+ and biothiols in complex matrices - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C2CC16791C …

Temperature-dependent fluorescence in carbon dots

P Yu, X Wen, YR Toh, J Tang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots are cost-effective, environmental friendly, and biocompatible nanoparticles with
many potential applications in optoelectronics and biophotonics. Their dual fluorescence …

Easy synthesis and imaging applications of cross-linked green fluorescent hollow carbon nanoparticles

Y Fang, S Guo, D Li, C Zhu, W Ren, S Dong, E Wang - ACS nano, 2012 - ACS Publications
We propose an ingenious method for synthesizing cross-linked hollow fluorescent carbon
nanoparticles (HFCNs) with green emission by simply mixing acetic acid, water, and …

Facile synthesis of highly emissive carbon dots from pyrolysis of glycerol; gram scale production of carbon dots/mSiO 2 for cell imaging and drug release

CW Lai, YH Hsiao, YK Peng, PT Chou - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on a facile method to synthesize carbon dots (CDs) using glycerol solvent as a
single precursor via a pyrolysis process free from catalysts. This method is extremely simple …

One-pot synthesis of N-doped carbon dots with tunable luminescence properties

YQ Zhang, DK Ma, Y Zhuang, X Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
N-Doped carbon dots synthesized by a one-pot solvothermal route displayed tunable
luminescence due to different N contents. They could be directly applied in the imaging of …

Organic-inorganic hybrid functional carbon dot gel glasses.

Z Xie, F Wang, CY Liu - Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2012 - europepmc.org
Silane pre-functionalized carbon dots, arbitrarily doped (0-100% scale) carbon dot
nanohybrid gel glasses and macrostructures with high luminescence (quantum yields= 47 …

Solution phase synthesis of carbon quantum dots as sensitizers for nanocrystalline TiO 2 solar cells

P Mirtchev, EJ Henderson, N Soheilnia… - Journal of Materials …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have recently emerged as viable alternatives to traditional
semiconductor quantum dots because of their facile and low cost synthesis, long term …

Red phosphorus: an elemental photocatalyst for hydrogen formation from water

F Wang, WKH Ng, CY Jimmy, H Zhu, C Li… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2012 - Elsevier
A novel property of red phosphorus for visible light driven photocatalytic H2 formation from
water by photogenerated electrons has been discovered. The detection of hydroxyl radicals …