Carbon nanodots: a review—from the current understanding of the fundamental photophysics to the full control of the optical response

A Sciortino, A Cannizzo, F Messina - C, 2018 - mdpi.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are an emerging family of nanosystems displaying a range of fascinating
properties. Broadly speaking, they can be described as small, surface-functionalized …

[HTML][HTML] On the emission properties of carbon dots: reviewing data and discussing models

CM Carbonaro, R Corpino, M Salis, F Mocci… - C, 2019 - mdpi.com
The emission properties of carbon dots (CDs) have already found many potential
applications, from bio-imaging and cell labelling, to optical imaging and drug delivery, and …

Ratiometric detection of heavy metal ions using fluorescent carbon dots

F Yarur, JR Macairan, R Naccache - Environmental Science: Nano, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Classical methods for the detection of heavy metal ions in water are tedious and time
consuming. Thus, there exists a need to develop novel sensing technologies for more …

Molecular origin and self-assembly of fluorescent carbon nanodots in polar solvents

A Sharma, T Gadly, S Neogy, SK Ghosh… - The journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Despite numerous efforts, there are several fundamental ambiguities regarding the
photoluminescence of carbon dots (CDs). Spectral shift measurements display characteristic …

[HTML][HTML] Elucidating the mechanism of dual-fluorescence in carbon dots

JR Macairan, TV de Medeiros, M Gazzetto… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon dots have garnered significant attention owing to their versatile and highly tunable
optical properties; however, the origins and the underlying mechanism remains a subject of …

[CARTE][B] Introduction to fluorescence sensing: Volume 2: Target recognition and imaging

AP Demchenko - 2023 - books.google.com
Fluorescence is the most popular technique in chemical and biological sensing because of
its ultimate sensitivity, high temporal and spatial resolution and versatility that enables …

Resolving the multiple emission centers in carbon dots: from fluorophore molecular states to aromatic domain states and carbon-core states

M Shamsipur, A Barati, AA Taherpour… - The journal of physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Despite many efforts focused on the emission origin of carbon dots (CDs), it is still a topic of
debate. This is mainly due to the complex structure of these nanomaterials. Here, we …

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 …

Progress and challenges in understanding of photoluminescence properties of carbon dots based on theoretical computations

M Langer, M Paloncýová, M Medveď, M Pykal… - Applied Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs), including graphene quantum dots, carbon nanodots, carbon quantum
dots, and carbonized polymer dots, belong to extensively studied nanomaterials with a very …

Fluorescence quenching mechanism and the application of green carbon nanodots in the detection of heavy metal ions: a review

A Sekar, R Yadav, N Basavaraj - New Journal of Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescent carbon nanodots (CNDs) are renowned as a new family of zero-dimensional
nanomaterials. In the current scenario, CNDs are considered an iconic research field …