Issue 2, 2016

Tunable multicolor carbon dots prepared from well-defined polythiophene derivatives and their emission mechanism

Abstract

Various functional precursors based on polythiophene derivatives are designed to prepare carbon dots (C-dots) with tunable emissions ranging from blue to near-infrared (NIR) at a single excitation wavelength (400 nm). The as-prepared C-dots demonstrate homogeneous size, superior optical properties, excellent water solubility, and low cytotoxicity. Thus, the C-dots are candidates for bio-imaging. A tunable photoluminescence mechanism is proposed to result from variations in the surface state and N content.

Graphical abstract: Tunable multicolor carbon dots prepared from well-defined polythiophene derivatives and their emission mechanism

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Oct 2015
Accepted
25 Nov 2015
First published
26 Nov 2015

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 729-734

Tunable multicolor carbon dots prepared from well-defined polythiophene derivatives and their emission mechanism

L. Guo, J. Ge, W. Liu, G. Niu, Q. Jia, H. Wang and P. Wang, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 729 DOI: 10.1039/C5NR07153D

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