Controlling the fluorescence and room-temperature phosphorescence behaviour of carbon nanodots with inorganic crystalline nanocomposites

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 206 - 13
• Main Authors: Green, David C., Holden, Mark A., Levenstein, Mark A., Zhang, Shuheng, Johnson, Benjamin R. G., Gala de Pablo, Julia, Ward, Andrew, Botchway, Stanley W., Meldrum, Fiona C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 14.01.2019; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 140/133; 140/146; 147/28; 639/301/119/995; 639/301/54; 639/638/440/527; 639/925/357; Anions; Carbon; Carbonates; Cations; Chemical synthesis; Crystal structure; Crystallinity; Diodes; Electron transitions; Embedding; Fluorescence; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Nanocomposites; Organic chemistry; Organic light emitting diodes; Oxalates; Phosphorescence; Photodynamic therapy; Photoluminescence; Room temperature; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sulfates

There is a significant drive to identify alternative materials that exhibit room temperature phosphorescence for technologies including bio-imaging, photodynamic therapy and organic light-emitting diodes. Ideally, these materials should be non-toxic and cheap, and it will be possible to control thei...