Issue 94, 2014
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RSC Advances

Sonochemical synthesis of highly photoluminescent carbon nanodots†

Kai Wei,a   Junjie Li,a   Zhishen Ge,a   Yezi Youa  and  Hangxun Xu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
E-mail: hxu@ustc.edu.cn
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Abstract

We present a convenient sonochemical approach for the synthesis of highly photoluminescent carbon nanodots (CDs). CDs were synthesized via pyrolysis of carbon precursors inside implosively collapsing bubbles. We further demonstrate that these CDs can be used for in vitro bioimaging.

Graphical abstract: Sonochemical synthesis of highly photoluminescent carbon nanodots

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA10354H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Sep 2014
Accepted
13 Oct 2014
First published
13 Oct 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 52230-52234

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Sonochemical synthesis of highly photoluminescent carbon nanodots

K. Wei, J. Li, Z. Ge, Y. You and H. Xu, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 52230 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA10354H

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