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. 2006 Jun 21;128(24):7756-7.
doi: 10.1021/ja062677d.

Quantum-sized carbon dots for bright and colorful photoluminescence

Ya-Ping Sun  1 , Bing Zhou, Yi Lin, Wei Wang, K A Shiral Fernando, Pankaj Pathak, Mohammed Jaouad Meziani, Barbara A Harruff, Xin Wang, Haifang Wang, Pengju G Luo, Hua Yang, Muhammet Erkan Kose, Bailin Chen, L Monica Veca, Su-Yuan Xie
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Quantum-sized carbon dots for bright and colorful photoluminescence

Ya-Ping Sun et al. J Am Chem Soc. .

Abstract

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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