Resculpting carbon dots via electrochemical etching.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Yang, Qingsong; Gavalas, Spyridon; Ejsmont, Aleksander; Krysmann, Marta J.; Guo, Jiangtao; Li, Li; Guo, Xuhong; Kelarakis, Antonios
- Source
- Scientific Reports. 3/6/2023, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p1-8. 8p.
- Subject
- *ETCHING
*CARBON
*NANOPARTICLES
- Language
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]