Facile access to versatile fluorescent carbon dots toward light-emitting diodes

• DOI: 10.1039/c2cc17769b
• Publication Date: 2012-01-18T14:30:39Z
• Authors: Xin Guo; Cai-Feng Wang; Zi-Yi Yu; Li Chen; Su Chen
• Keywords: Photons; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Light; Polymethacrylic Acids; Quantum Dots; 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; Carbon; 0104 chemical sciences

We report the facile synthesis of carbon dots with tunable fluorescence from unzipping of photonic crystals and their application in LEDs, which may provide an insight into the creation of multifunctional carbon dots adapted for various applications such as in optoelectronics, sensing, or bioimaging.