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ArticleScientific reports2023

Resculpting carbon dots via electrochemical etching.

Qingsong Yang, Spyridon Gavalas, Aleksander Ejsmont, Marta J Krysmann, Jiangtao Guo, Li Li, Xuhong Guo, Antonios Kelarakis

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Qingsong YangState-Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Spyridon GavalasUCLan Research Centre for Smart Materials, School of Natural Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR12HE, UK.
Aleksander EjsmontUCLan Research Centre for Smart Materials, School of Natural Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR12HE, UK.
Marta J KrysmannUCLan Research Centre for Smart Materials, School of Dentistry, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR12HE, UK.
Jiangtao GuoState-Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Li LiState-Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Xuhong GuoState-Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China. guoxuhong@ecust.edu.cn.
Antonios KelarakisUCLan Research Centre for Smart Materials, School of Natural Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR12HE, UK. akelarakis@uclan.ac.uk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Substantial efforts are directed into exploring the structure-properties relationships of photoluminescent Carbon dots (C-dots). This study unravels a resculpting mechanism in C-dots that is triggered by electrochemical etching and proceeds via extensive surface oxidation and carbon-carbon breakage. The process results in the gradual shrinkage of the nanoparticles and can enhance the quantum yield by more than half order of magnitude compared to the untreated analogues.

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PMID36878950
PMCPMC9988976

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