Fluorescent Carbon Dots and Their Sensing Applications
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "New Applications Enabled by Photonics Technologies and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2022) | Viewed by 515
Special Issue Editors
Interests: material science; spectroscopy; photonics; optics; nanotechnology; 2D materials
Interests: time-resolved photoluminescence; Raman spectroscopy; hybrid materials; carbon dots; drug delivery; lanthanides
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, carbon dots (CDs) have attracted considerable attention for their potential applications in photonics, lasing, photocatalysis, chemical and biological sensing, and bioimaging. CDs exhibit photochemical stability, low toxicity, and exceptional optical properties, such as high quantum yield and tunable photoluminescence. The mentioned properties and applications depend on the precursors and the synthesis process, which, in turn, govern the structure of the final products.
This Special Issue will present the different aspects of CDs, namely synthesis and structural and optical properties, with a particular focus on the sensing mechanisms through fluorescence. These main topics can be addressed both experimentally and theoretically. Review articles on both optical properties and applications of CDs are also welcome.
Dr. Luigi Stagi
Prof. Carlo Maria Carbonaro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon dots
- fluorescence
- sensing
- synthesis of carbon nanostructures
- carbon-based nanomaterials
- fluorophores
