The photoluminescence mechanism in carbon dots (graphene quantum dots, carbon nanodots, and polymer dots): current state and future perspective

Common Origin of Green Luminescence in Carbon Nanodots and Graphene Quantum Dots

(2014) Lei Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Investigation of photoluminescence mechanism of graphene quantum dots and evaluation of their assembly into polymer dots

(2014) Shoujun Zhu et al.   CARBON

On the upconversion fluorescence in carbon nanodots and graphene quantum dots

(2014) Xiaoming Wen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The crosslink enhanced emission (CEE) in non-conjugated polymer dots: from the photoluminescence mechanism to the cellular uptake mechanism and internalization

(2014) Shoujun Zhu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Carbon Dots with Continuously Tunable Full-Color Emission and Their Application in Ratiometric pH Sensing

(2014) Hui Nie et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Electrochemical Synthesis of Carbon Nanodots Directly from Alcohols

(2014) Jianhui Deng et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Thickness-Dependent Full-Color Emission Tunability in a Flexible Carbon Dot Ionogel

(2014) Yu Wang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Single-Particle Fluorescence Intensity Fluctuations of Carbon Nanodots

(2014) Somes K. Das et al.   NANO LETTERS

Investigation into the fluorescence quenching behaviors and applications of carbon dots

(2014) Yubin Song et al.   Nanoscale

Bioimaging based on fluorescent carbon dots

(2014) Yubin Song et al.   RSC Advances

Drastic Change in Photoluminescence Properties of Graphene Quantum Dots by Chromatographic Separation

(2014) Naoto Fuyuno et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Revealing the tunable photoluminescence properties of graphene quantum dots

(2014) Mahasin Alam Sk et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Improvement of Photoluminescence of Graphene Quantum Dots with a Biocompatible Photochemical Reduction Pathway and Its Bioimaging Application

(2013) Hanjun Sun et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

In Vivo Biodistribution and Toxicology of Carboxylated Graphene Quantum Dots

(2013) Md Nurunnabi et al.   ACS Nano

Color-Switchable Electroluminescence of Carbon Dot Light-Emitting Diodes

(2013) Xiaoyu Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

Single-Particle Spectroscopic Measurements of Fluorescent Graphene Quantum Dots

(2013) Qinfeng Xu et al.   ACS Nano

Evidence for Edge-State Photoluminescence in Graphene Quantum Dots

(2013) Kiran Lingam et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Amplified Spontaneous Green Emission and Lasing Emission From Carbon Nanoparticles

(2013) Songnan Qu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Superior Micro-Supercapacitors Based on Graphene Quantum Dots

(2013) Wen-Wen Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Ultrabright Organic Dots with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Real-Time Two-Photon Intravital Vasculature Imaging

(2013) Dan Ding et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Carbon Nanodots Featuring Efficient FRET for Real-Time Monitoring of Drug Delivery and Two-Photon Imaging

(2013) Jing Tang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Direct Observation of Quantum-Confined Graphene-Like States and Novel Hybrid States in Graphene Oxide by Transient Spectroscopy

(2013) Lei Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Facile Synthetic Method for Pristine Graphene Quantum Dots and Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots: Origin of Blue and Green Luminescence

(2013) Fei Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly Fluorescent Semiconducting Polymer Dots for Biology and Medicine

(2013) Changfeng Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly Photoluminescent Carbon Dots for Multicolor Patterning, Sensors, and Bioimaging

(2013) Shoujun Zhu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enhancement in the fluorescence of graphene quantum dots by hydrazine hydrate reduction

(2013) Yaqiang Feng et al.   CARBON

Luminescent carbon dots in a new magnesium aluminophosphate zeolite

(2013) Yanyan Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Highly Photoluminescent Amino-Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots Used for Sensing Copper Ions

(2013) Hanjun Sun et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Solution-Processable Graphene Quantum Dots

(2013) Xuejiao Zhou et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Hybrid carbon source for producing nitrogen-doped polymer nanodots: one-pot hydrothermal synthesis, fluorescence enhancement and highly selective detection of Fe(iii)

(2013) Tiantian Lai et al.   Nanoscale

Aryl-modified graphene quantum dots with enhanced photoluminescence and improved pH tolerance

(2013) Peihui Luo et al.   Nanoscale

Glutathione-functionalized graphene quantum dots as selective fluorescent probes for phosphate-containing metabolites

(2013) Jing-Jing Liu et al.   Nanoscale

Focusing on luminescent graphene quantum dots: current status and future perspectives

(2013) Lingling Li et al.   Nanoscale

Self-assembled graphene quantum dots induced by cytochrome c: a novel biosensor for trypsin with remarkable fluorescence enhancement

(2013) Xing Li et al.   Nanoscale

Amino-functionalized graphene quantum dots: origin of tunable heterogeneous photoluminescence

(2013) G. Sandeep Kumar et al.   Nanoscale

Direct Synthesis of Graphene Quantum Dots by Chemical Vapor Deposition

(2013) Lili Fan et al.   PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION

Size-Dependent Structural and Optical Characteristics of Glucose-Derived Graphene Quantum Dots

(2013) Libin Tang et al.   PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION

Graphene Quantum Dots

(2013) Mitchell Bacon et al.   PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION

Large scale preparation of graphene quantum dots from graphite with tunable fluorescence properties

(2013) Yiqing Sun et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Size-Controlled Soft-Template Synthesis of Carbon Nanodots toward Versatile Photoactive Materials

(2013) Woosung Kwon et al.   Small

Luminescent graphene quantum dots as new fluorescent materials for environmental and biological applications

(2013) Liping Lin et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Surface functionalization of graphene quantum dots with small organic molecules from photoluminescence modulation to bioimaging applications: an experimental and theoretical investigation

(2013) Zhaosheng Qian et al.   RSC Advances

Carbon Nanoparticle-based Fluorescent Bioimaging Probes

(2013) Susanta Kumar Bhunia et al.   Scientific Reports

Is There Real Upconversion Photoluminescence from Graphene Quantum Dots?

(2013) Zhixing Gan et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Fluorescence in Carbon Nanodots: Ultrafast Time-Resolved Fluorescence and Carrier Dynamics

(2013) Xiaoming Wen et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Unraveling Bright Molecule-Like State and Dark Intrinsic State in Green-Fluorescence Graphene Quantum Dots via Ultrafast Spectroscopy

(2013) Lei Wang et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Carbon “quantum” dots for optical bioimaging

(2013) Pengju G. Luo et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Multicolour light emission from chlorine-doped graphene quantum dots

(2013) Xueming Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Photoluminescence Properties of Graphene versus Other Carbon Nanomaterials

(2012) Li Cao et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Photo-Fenton Reaction of Graphene Oxide: A New Strategy to Prepare Graphene Quantum Dots for DNA Cleavage

(2012) Xuejiao Zhou et al.   ACS Nano

Anomalous Behaviors of Visible Luminescence from Graphene Quantum Dots: Interplay between Size and Shape

(2012) Sung Kim et al.   ACS Nano

Deep Ultraviolet Photoluminescence of Water-Soluble Self-Passivated Graphene Quantum Dots

(2012) Libin Tang et al.   ACS Nano

Tuning the Photoluminescence of Graphene Quantum Dots through the Charge Transfer Effect of Functional Groups

(2012) Sung Hwan Jin et al.   ACS Nano

Fluorescent Nanocomposite Based on PVA Polymer Dots

(2012) Shoujun Zhu et al.   ACTA CHIMICA SINICA

Surface Chemistry Routes to Modulate the Photoluminescence of Graphene Quantum Dots: From Fluorescence Mechanism to Up-Conversion Bioimaging Applications

(2012) Shoujun Zhu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Facile Microwave Avenue to Electrochemiluminescent Two-Color Graphene Quantum Dots

(2012) Ling-Ling Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Functional Carbon Dot Gel Glasses

(2012) Zheng Xie et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Carbon Dot-Based Inorganic-Organic Nanosystem for Two-Photon Imaging and Biosensing of pH Variation in Living Cells and Tissues

(2012) Biao Kong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A “Ship-In-A-Bottle” Approach to Synthesis of Polymer Dots@Silica or Polymer Dots@Carbon Core-Shell Nanospheres

(2012) Zhen-An Qiao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Optically Tunable Amino-Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots

(2012) Hiroyuki Tetsuka et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hydrothermal Treatment of Grass: A Low-Cost, Green Route to Nitrogen-Doped, Carbon-Rich, Photoluminescent Polymer Nanodots as an Effective Fluorescent Sensing Platform for Label-Free Detection of Cu(II) Ions

(2012) Sen Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photoluminescent Graphene Oxide Ink to Print Sensors onto Microporous Membranes for Versatile Visualization Bioassays

(2012) Qingsong Mei et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Amphiphilic Egg-Derived Carbon Dots: Rapid Plasma Fabrication, Pyrolysis Process, and Multicolor Printing Patterns

(2012) Jing Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Biocompatible Fluorescent Ink Based on Water-Soluble Luminescent Carbon Nanodots

(2012) Songnan Qu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Tunable Photoluminescence from Graphene Oxide

(2012) Chih-Tao Chien et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Observation of Multiphoton-Induced Fluorescence from Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles and Applications in In Vivo Functional Bioimaging

(2012) Jun Qian et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bioimaging of Hyaluronic Acid Derivatives Using Nanosized Carbon Dots

(2012) Eun Ji Goh et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Nano-carrier for gene delivery and bioimaging based on carbon dots with PEI-passivation enhanced fluorescence

(2012) Changjun Liu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Graphene quantum dots as autophagy-inducing photodynamic agents

(2012) Zoran M. Markovic et al.   BIOMATERIALS

A general route to make non-conjugated linear polymers luminescent

(2012) Shoujun Zhu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Control the size and surface chemistry of graphene for the rising fluorescent materials

(2012) Shoujun Zhu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Graphene quantum dots: emergent nanolights for bioimaging, sensors, catalysis and photovoltaic devices

(2012) Jianhua Shen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Facile synthesis of graphitic carbon quantum dots with size tunability and uniformity using reverse micelles

(2012) Woosung Kwon et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Creating high yield water soluble luminescent graphene quantum dots via exfoliating and disintegrating carbon nanotubes and graphite flakes

(2012) Liangxu Lin et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Electrochemical Preparation of Luminescent Graphene Quantum Dots from Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

(2012) Dhanraj B. Shinde et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Graphene quantum dots: an emerging material for energy-related applications and beyond

(2012) Zhipan Zhang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Embedding graphene nanoparticles into poly(N,N′-dimethylacrylamine) to prepare transparent nanocomposite films with high refractive index

(2012) Guoyan Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

One-step and high yield simultaneous preparation of single- and multi-layer graphene quantum dots from CX-72 carbon black

(2012) Yongqiang Dong et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Carbon nanodots: synthesis, properties and applications

(2012) Haitao Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Temperature-Dependent Fluorescence in Carbon Dots

(2012) Pyng Yu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

A Unique Aliphatic Tertiary Amine Chromophore: Fluorescence, Polymer Structure, and Application in Cell Imaging

(2012) Miao Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Uniform Graphene Quantum Dots Patterned from Self-Assembled Silica Nanodots

(2012) Jinsup Lee et al.   NANO LETTERS

Graphene Quantum Dots Derived from Carbon Fibers

(2012) Juan Peng et al.   NANO LETTERS

Eco-friendly synthesis of size-controllable amine-functionalized graphene quantum dots with antimycoplasma properties

(2012) Feng Jiang et al.   Nanoscale

Three-Dimensional Nanographene Based on Triptycene: Synthesis and Its Application in Fluorescence Imaging

(2012) Chun Zhang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer quenching at the surface of graphene quantum dots for ultrasensitive detection of TNT

(2012) Lishuang Fan et al.   TALANTA

Graphene quantum dots with controllable surface oxidation, tunable fluorescence and up-conversion emission

(2012) Shoujun Zhu et al.   RSC Advances

Hyperbranched polymers for bioimaging

(2012) Qi Zhu et al.   RSC Advances

The Origin of Fluorescence from Graphene Oxide

(2012) Jingzhi Shang et al.   Scientific Reports

Electrochemical Tuning of Luminescent Carbon Nanodots: From Preparation to Luminescence Mechanism

(2011) Lei Bao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Peroxynitrous-Acid-Induced Chemiluminescence of Fluorescent Carbon Dots for Nitrite Sensing

(2011) Zhen Lin et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Intrinsically fluorescent carbon dots with tunable emission derived from hydrothermal treatment of glucose in the presence of monopotassium phosphate

(2011) Zheng-Chun Yang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Enhancing the luminescence of carbon dots with a reduction pathway

(2011) Huzhi Zheng et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Strongly green-photoluminescent graphene quantum dots for bioimaging applications

(2011) Shoujun Zhu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Aggregation-induced emission

(2011) Yuning Hong et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Solution phase synthesis of carbon quantum dots as sensitizers for nanocrystalline TiO2solar cells

(2011) Peter Mirtchev et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Formation Mechanism of Carbogenic Nanoparticles with Dual Photoluminescence Emission

(2011) Marta J. Krysmann et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Luminscent Graphene Quantum Dots for Organic Photovoltaic Devices

(2011) Vinay Gupta et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Multicolor luminescent carbon nanoparticles: Synthesis, supramolecular assembly with porphyrin, intrinsic peroxidase-like catalytic activity and applications

(2011) Xiaohui Wang et al.   Nano Research

Controlling inelastic light scattering quantum pathways in graphene

(2011) Chi-Fan Chen et al.   NATURE

The properties and applications of nanodiamonds

(2011) Vadym N. Mochalin et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of graphenequantum dots surface-passivated by polyethylene glycol and their photoelectric conversion under near-infrared light

(2011) Jianhua Shen et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Relaxation of optically excited carriers in graphene

(2011) Raseong Kim et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

In Vivo NIR Fluorescence Imaging, Biodistribution, and Toxicology of Photoluminescent Carbon Dots Produced from Carbon Nanotubes and Graphite

(2011) Huiquan Tao et al.   Small

Analytical and bioanalytical applications of carbon dots

(2011) Joaquim C.G. Esteves da Silva et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Quasi-Molecular Fluorescence from Graphene Oxide

(2011) Charudatta Galande et al.   Scientific Reports

An Electrochemical Avenue to Green-Luminescent Graphene Quantum Dots as Potential Electron-Acceptors for Photovoltaics

(2010) Yan Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bandgap-Like Strong Fluorescence in Functionalized Carbon Nanoparticles

(2010) Xin Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Luminescent Carbon Nanodots: Emergent Nanolights

(2010) Sheila N. Baker et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Water-Soluble Fluorescent Carbon Quantum Dots and Photocatalyst Design

(2010) Haitao Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Commercially activated carbon as the source for producing multicolor photoluminescent carbon dots by chemical oxidation

(2010) Zhen-An Qiao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Synthesis of photoluminescent carbogenic dots using mesoporous silica spheres as nanoreactors

(2010) Jie Zong et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Facile preparation and upconversion luminescence of graphene quantum dots

(2010) Jianhua Shen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots

(2010) Liang-shi Li et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Synthesis of Large, Stable Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots with Tunable Size

(2010) Xin Yan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Slow Hot-Carrier Relaxation in Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots

(2010) Mallory L. Mueller et al.   NANO LETTERS

Ultrafast Photoluminescence from Graphene

(2010) Chun Hung Lui et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

One-Pot Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Nanoribbons, Nanoparticles, and Graphene by the Exfoliation of Graphite in Ionic Liquids

(2009) Jiong Lu et al.   ACS Nano

Making Graphene Luminescent by Oxygen Plasma Treatment

(2009) T. Gokus et al.   ACS Nano

Hydrothermal Route for Cutting Graphene Sheets into Blue-Luminescent Graphene Quantum Dots

(2009) Dengyu Pan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Blue Photoluminescence from Chemically Derived Graphene Oxide

(2009) Goki Eda et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photoluminescence and band gap modulation in graphene oxide

(2009) Zhengtang Luo et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Simple Aqueous Solution Route to Luminescent Carbogenic Dots from Carbohydrates

(2009) Hui Peng et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Fluorescent Carbon Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Bioimaging Application

(2009) S. C. Ray et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Electrochemiluminescence of Water-Soluble Carbon Nanocrystals Released Electrochemically from Graphite

(2009) Liyan Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The influence of edge structure on the electronic properties of graphene quantum dots and nanoribbons

(2009) Kyle A. Ritter et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A route to brightly fluorescent carbon nanotubes for near-infrared imaging in mice

(2009) Kevin Welsher et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Nano-graphene oxide for cellular imaging and drug delivery

(2008) Xiaoming Sun et al.   Nano Research

Surface Functionalized Carbogenic Quantum Dots

(2008) Athanasios B. Bourlinos et al.   Small