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Carbon dots : exploring carbon at zero-dimension /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sun, Ya-Ping, 1958-
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2020]
Subjects:
Nanostructured materials.
Carbon.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgment
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Nanoscale Carbon Allotropes
  • 1 Fullerenes Versus Carbon Nanoparticles
  • 1.1 Fullerenes and Derivatives
  • 1.2 Small Carbon Nanoparticles
  • 1.2.1 Laser Ablation
  • 1.2.2 Arc Discharge
  • 1.2.3 Carbonization of Organic Matters
  • 1.2.4 Morphological and Structural Characteristics
  • 1.3 Properties of Small Carbon Nanoparticles
  • 1.3.1 Solvent Dispersion
  • 1.3.2 Optical Properties
  • 1.3.3 Photoinduced Redox Characteristics
  • 2 Carbon Nanoparticles Versus Fullerenes in Selected Reactions
  • 3 Carbon Nanoparticles Versus Carbon Nanotubes and Graphenes
  • 4 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 3: Carbon Dots: The Beginning
  • 1 Leading to the Discovery
  • 1.1 Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes
  • 1.2 "Carbonaceous Impurities"
  • 2 The Discovery
  • 3 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 4: Carbon Dots: The Classical Synthesis and Properties
  • 1 The Classical Synthesis
  • 1.1 Small Carbon Nanoparticles
  • 1.2 Functionalization via Amidation and Dot Characterizations
  • 2 Absorption and Fluorescence Properties
  • 2.1 Mechanistic Framework
  • 2.2 Sample Inhomogeneity and Fractionation
  • 2.3 Fluorescence Performance
  • 3 Dot Structures, Excited State Processes, and Other Considerations
  • 4 Redox Characteristics and Mechanistic Implications
  • 4.1 Fluorescence Quenching via Charge Transfers
  • 4.2 Fluorescence Sensing of Metal Ions
  • 4.3 Dot Surface Doping/Coating with Metals
  • 5 Other Surface Passivation Schemes
  • 6 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 5: Other Syntheses: Popular Methods and Issues
  • 1 Syntheses with Pre-existing Carbon
  • 2 "One-Pot" Carbonization Syntheses
  • 2.1 Contamination/Domination of Red/Near-IR Dye Mixtures
  • 2.2 Insufficient Versus Sufficient Carbonization
  • 2.3 More on Carbonization and Resulting Dot Samples
  • 3 Carbon Dots or "Graphene Quantum Dots"
  • 3.1 Originally Defined Graphene Quantum Dots
  • 3.2 Functionalized Graphene Nanosheets and Optical Properties
  • 3.3 "It Is All About Defects and Passivation"
  • 4 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 6: Representative Applications of Carbon Dots
  • 1 Bioimaging In Vitro and In Vivo
  • 1.1 Nontoxic
  • 1.2 Cell Imaging
  • 1.3 In Vivo Imaging
  • 2 Ultrabright Fluorescence Probes
  • 3 Photodynamic Effects
  • 3.1 Anticancers
  • 3.2 Antimicrobials
  • 4 Photocatalysis
  • 5 Optoelectronics
  • 6 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 7: Carbon Hybrid Dots
  • 1 Host-Guest CDots
  • 1.1 Synthesis and Characterization
  • 1.2 Unique Photoexcited State and Redox Properties
  • 1.3 Red/Near-IR Fluorescence Bioimaging
  • 2 Carbon/Metal Oxide Hybrid Dots
  • 2.1 CDots from Surface-Doped Carbon Nanoparticles
  • 2.2 Carbon/TiO2 Hybrid Dots
  • 2.3 Carbon-Based/Carbon-Derived Magnetic Hybrid Dots
  • 3 Concluding Remarks
  • References Cited
  • Bibliography
  • A List of Reviews
  • Index