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Towards Red Emissive Systems Based on Carbon Dots
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: Received: 3 July 2021 / Approved: 6 July 2021 / Online: 6 July 2021 (10:20:17 CEST)
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Gavalas, S.; Kelarakis, A. Towards Red Emissive Systems Based on Carbon Dots. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 2089. Gavalas, S.; Kelarakis, A. Towards Red Emissive Systems Based on Carbon Dots. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 2089.
Abstract
Carbon dots (C-dots) represent an emerging class of non-toxic nano-emitters that show excitation wavelength dependent photoluminescence (PL) with high quantum yield (QY) and minimal photobleaching. The vast majority of studies focus on C-dots that exhibit the strongest PL emission in the blue/green region of the spectrum, while longer wavelength emissions are ideal for applications such as bioimaging, photothermal and photodynamic therapy and light emitting diodes. Effective strategies to modulate the PL emission of C-dot based systems towards the red end of the spectrum rely on extensive conjugation of sp2 domains, heteroatom doping, solvatochromism, surface functionalization and passivation. Those approaches are systematically presented in this review, while emphasis is given on important applications of red-emissive suspensions, nanopowders and polymer nanocomposites.
Keywords
fluorescence; carbon-dots; red-emitting; bioimaging; light emitting diodes.
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Biomaterials
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