Open Access
Nanoscale Advances, volume 3, issue 14, pages 4186-4195
On the myth of “red/near-IR carbon quantum dots” from thermal processing of specific colorless organic precursors
Weixiong Liang
1
,
Ping Wang
1
,
MOHAMMED J. MEZIANI
2
,
Lin Ge
1
,
Liju Yang
3
,
Amankumar K Patel
1, 2
,
Sabina O Morgan
3
,
Ya-Ping Sun
1
2
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2021-06-10
PubMed ID:
36132851
General Chemistry
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
General Materials Science
Bioengineering
General Engineering
Abstract
The thermal processing of specific precursor mixtures under relatively mild conditions does not result in “red/near-IR carbon dots” as previously claimed, but instead chemical reactions for molecular chromophores of red/near-IR absorptions.
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