Photoluminescence properties of graphene versus other carbon nanomaterials

LI Cao, MJ Meziani, S Sahu, YP Sun - Accounts of chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Photoluminescent nanomaterials continue to garner research attention becauseof their
many applications. For many years, researchers have focused on quantum dots (QDs) of …

The dual roles of functional groups in the photoluminescence of graphene quantum dots

S Wang, IS Cole, D Zhao, Q Li - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The photoluminescent properties of graphene nanoparticle (named graphene quantum
dots) have attracted significant research attention in recent years owing to their profound …

Common origin of green luminescence in carbon nanodots and graphene quantum dots

L Wang, SJ Zhu, HY Wang, SN Qu, YL Zhang… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanodots (C-dots) synthesized by electrochemical ablation and small molecule
carbonization, as well as graphene quantum dots (GQDs) fabricated by solvothermally …

Versatile photoluminescence from graphene and its derivatives

SK Pal - Carbon, 2015 - Elsevier
Graphene and its derivatives exhibit many interesting photoluminescence (PL) properties
because of their unique electronic structures. In spite of the absence of the bandgap …

Excitation dependence and independence of photoluminescence in carbon dots and graphene quantum dots: insights into the mechanism of emission

AB Siddique, SM Hossain, AK Pramanick, M Ray - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Excitation-dependent, multicolor emission from different varieties of 0D carbon systems has
attracted immense research attention. It is generally accepted that some variants of 0D …

Control the size and surface chemistry of graphene for the rising fluorescent materials

S Zhu, S Tang, J Zhang, B Yang - Chemical communications, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescent graphene-based materials, labelled as a sort of fluorescent carbon-based
nanomaterial, have drawn increasing attention in recent years. When the size and structure …

Surface chemistry routes to modulate the photoluminescence of graphene quantum dots: from fluorescence mechanism to up‐conversion bioimaging applications

S Zhu, J Zhang, S Tang, C Qiao, L Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The bandgap in graphene‐based materials can be tuned from 0 eV to that of benzene by
changing size and/or surface chemistry, making it a rising carbon‐based fluorescent …

Evidence for Edge‐State Photoluminescence in Graphene Quantum Dots

K Lingam, R Podila, H Qian, S Serkiz… - Advanced Functional …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
For a practical realization of graphene‐based logic devices, the opening of a band gap in
graphene is crucial and has proven challenging. To this end, several synthesis techniques …

Photoluminescence mechanism in graphene quantum dots: Quantum confinement effect and surface/edge state

S Zhu, Y Song, J Wang, H Wan, Y Zhang, Y Ning… - Nano Today, 2017 - Elsevier
As a new class of fluorescent carbon materials, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have drawn
increasing attention due to their outstanding properties and potential applications. Herein …

Revealing the tunable photoluminescence properties of graphene quantum dots

MA Sk, A Ananthanarayanan, L Huang… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are a new class of fluorescent reporters promising various
novel applications such as bio-imaging, optical sensing and photovoltaics. They have …