Issue 36, 2013
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Versatility with carbon dots – from overcooked BBQ to brightly fluorescent agents and photocatalysts

Jinping Wang,a   Sushant Sahu,a   Sumit K. Sonkar,a   Kenneth N. Tackett II,a   Katherine W. Sun,a   Yamin Liu,a   Halidan Maimaiti,a   Parambath Anilkumara  and  Ya-Ping Sun*a  

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a Department of Chemistry and Laboratory for Emerging Materials and Technology, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA
E-mail: syaping@clemson.edu
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Abstract

Carbon soot from overcooked barbecue meat was used as a precursor for brightly fluorescent carbon dots and for their serving as potent visible-light photocatalysts, similar to those from other nanoscale carbon sources, thus demonstrating the versatility of carbon dots in terms of structure, composition, and properties.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA42302F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 May 2013
Accepted
09 Jul 2013
First published
09 Jul 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 15604-15607

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Versatility with carbon dots – from overcooked BBQ to brightly fluorescent agents and photocatalysts

J. Wang, S. Sahu, S. K. Sonkar, K. N. Tackett II, K. W. Sun, Y. Liu, H. Maimaiti, P. Anilkumar and Y. Sun, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 15604 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA42302F

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