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Photoluminescence from Carbon Dot-Gold Nanoparticle Composites Enhanced by Photonic and Plasmonic Double-Resonant Effects

[Image: see text] Carbon dots (CDs) exhibit chemical stability and low toxicity, so they are promising for biomedical and imaging applications. The quantum yield of the photoluminescence is typically 10–20%, which limits practical applications. We fabricate carbon dot-gold nanoparticle photonic crys...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kamura, Yoshio, Imura, Kohei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2020
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7675541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33225137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c03588
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Sumario:[Image: see text] Carbon dots (CDs) exhibit chemical stability and low toxicity, so they are promising for biomedical and imaging applications. The quantum yield of the photoluminescence is typically 10–20%, which limits practical applications. We fabricate carbon dot-gold nanoparticle photonic crystals (CD-GNP PCs) and demonstrate enhanced photoluminescence intensity from the carbon dots using the photonic and plasmonic double-resonant effects. A severalfold enhancement was obtained compared to the neat CD. The method developed in this study provides a universal scheme to enhance light-emitting materials, which is promising for the development of ultrahigh molecular sensing and bioimaging techniques.