Comment on ““Where does the fluorescing moiety reside in a carbon dot?” – Investigations based on fluorescence anisotropy decay and resonance energy transfer dynamics” by A. Das, D. Roy, C. K. De and P. K. Mandal, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 2251

Abstract

In a recent paper published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 2251–2259), Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between carbon dots and rhodamine 123 has been reported. The FRET rates and hence donor acceptor distances estimated from acceptor rise time for various acceptor concentrations appear to be incorrect. In the present comment need for a correct analysis in the case of such a scenario is addressed.