Surface modifications of carbon nanodots reveal the chemical source of their bright fluorescence

Engineering & Materials Science

• Nanodots 100%
• Fluorescence 62%
• Surface treatment 57%
• Carbon 41%
• Acetic acid 30%
• Chemical modification 23%
• Electrooptical effects 10%
• Functional groups 10%
• Nanostructured materials 9%
• X ray photoelectron spectroscopy 9%
• Annealing 7%
• Chemical analysis 5%
• Costs 2%

Chemistry

• Surface Modification 46%
• Fluorescence 31%
• Carbon Atom 25%
• Acetic Acid 17%
• Modification 13%
• Environmental Friendliness 7%
• Annealing 6%
• Red 5%
• Nanomaterial 4%
• Application 4%
• Amount 3%
• pH Value 3%
• Surface 2%

Physics & Astronomy

• fluorescence 40%
• carbon 36%
• acetic acid 36%
• low concentrations 8%
• electro-optics 8%
• chemical composition 8%
• costs 6%
• synthesis 6%
• annealing 5%
• characterization 5%