One-step ultrasonic synthesis of water-soluble carbon nanoparticles with excellent photoluminescent properties

Haitao Li; Xiaodie He; Yang Liu; Hui Huang; Suoyuan Lian; Shuit-Tong Lee; Zhenhui Kang

doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2010.10.004

One-step ultrasonic synthesis of water-soluble carbon nanoparticles with excellent photoluminescent properties

Haitao Li
, Xiaodie He
, Yang Liu
, Hui Huang
, Suoyuan Lian
, Shuit-Tong Lee
, Zhenhui Kang

Centre of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films

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Monodispersed water-soluble fluorescent carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) were synthesized directly from glucose by a one-step alkali or acid assisted ultrasonic treatment. The CNPs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, optical fluorescent microscopy, fluorescent spectrophotometry, fourier transform infrared spectrophotometry and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry. The results showed that the particle surfaces were rich in hydroxyl groups, giving them high hydrophilicity. The CNPs could emit bright and colorful photoluminescence covering the entire visible-to-near infrared (NIR) spectral range. Notably, the NIR emission of the CNPs could be obtained by NIR excitation. Furthermore, these CNPs also had excellent up-conversion fluorescent properties. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	605-609
Journal	Carbon
Volume	49
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2010.10.004
Publication status	Published - Feb 2011

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