Small variations in reaction conditions tune carbon dot fluorescence

• DOI: 10.1039/d2nr01306a
• Publication Date: 2022-03-25T11:41:35Z
• Authors: Teodoro Garcia-Mi...; Thomas A. Swift; David J. Morgan; Robert L. Harniman; Benjamin Masheder; Stephen Hughes; Sean A. Davis; Thomas A. A. Oliver; M. Carmen Galan
• Keywords: Chemistry; 02 engineering and technology; 540; 0210 nano-technology; 543

Using the same starting materials but modifying the stoichiometry, we show that small variation in reaction conditions leads to changes in fluorescent behaviour of carbon dots, especially in the selective enhancement of overlapped fluorescence bands.