Journal
NANOSCALE HORIZONS
Volume 4, Issue 5, Pages 1227-1231Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9nh00287a
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- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2017M621198, 2018M640681]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31601587, 81870095, 21725304, 11874027, 11504126]
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Carbon dots have received extensive attention due to their unique chemical structure, excellent optoelectronic properties and convenient synthesis. However, the synthesis of carbon dots with stable red wavelength luminescence remains a challenge. Here, we used the ethanol solvothermal method with 1,3,5-benzenetrithiol as the raw material to prepare carbon dots with red emission (R-CDs). When the concentration of R-CDs increased, the fluorescence emission of the R-CDs red-shifted to the near infrared region. Importantly, the as-synthesized R-CDs offer fluorescence enhancement under external pressure due to pressure-triggered aggregation-induced emission. Fluorescence measurements of the depressurization process show that the R-CDs also have a reversible piezochromic luminescence (1 atm-1.2 GPa). The R-CDs have notable optical properties and great biocompatibility, and we used them for a transparent fluorescent thin film, light emitting diode (LED) and cell imaging. The excellent optical properties of R-CDs indicate their broad potential applicability in biomedical and luminescent materials.
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