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Intense Blue Photo Emissive Carbon Dots Prepared through Pyrolytic Processing of Ligno-Cellulosic Wastes

In this work, Carbon Dots with intense blue photo-luminescent emission were prepared through a pyrolytic processing of forestry ligno-cellulosic waste. The preparation path is simple and straightforward, mainly consisting of drying and fine grinding of the ligno-cellulosic waste followed by thermal...

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Autores principales: Stan, Loredana, Volf, Irina, Stan, Corneliu S., Albu, Cristina, Coroaba, Adina, Ursu, Laura E., Popa, Marcel
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9824800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36616041
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13010131
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author Stan, Loredana
Volf, Irina
Stan, Corneliu S.
Albu, Cristina
Coroaba, Adina
Ursu, Laura E.
Popa, Marcel
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description In this work, Carbon Dots with intense blue photo-luminescent emission were prepared through a pyrolytic processing of forestry ligno-cellulosic waste. The preparation path is simple and straightforward, mainly consisting of drying and fine grinding of the ligno-cellulosic waste followed by thermal exposure and dispersion in water. The prepared Carbon Dots presented characteristic excitation wavelength dependent emission peaks ranging within 438–473 nm and a remarkable 28% quantum yield achieved at 350 nm excitation wavelength. Morpho-structural investigations of the prepared Carbon Dots were performed through EDX, FT-IR, Raman, DLS, XRD, and HR-SEM while absolute PLQY, steady state, and lifetime fluorescence were used to highlight their luminescence properties. Due to the wide availability of this type of ligno-cellulosic waste, an easy processing procedure achieved photo-luminescent properties, and the prepared Carbon Dots could be an interesting approach for various applications ranging from sensors, contrast agents for biology investigations, to photonic conversion mediums in various optoelectronic devices. Additionally, their biocompatibility and waste valorization in new materials might be equally good arguments in their favor, bringing a truly “green” approach.
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spelling pubmed-98248002023-01-08 Intense Blue Photo Emissive Carbon Dots Prepared through Pyrolytic Processing of Ligno-Cellulosic Wastes Stan, Loredana Volf, Irina Stan, Corneliu S. Albu, Cristina Coroaba, Adina Ursu, Laura E. Popa, Marcel Nanomaterials (Basel) Article In this work, Carbon Dots with intense blue photo-luminescent emission were prepared through a pyrolytic processing of forestry ligno-cellulosic waste. The preparation path is simple and straightforward, mainly consisting of drying and fine grinding of the ligno-cellulosic waste followed by thermal exposure and dispersion in water. The prepared Carbon Dots presented characteristic excitation wavelength dependent emission peaks ranging within 438–473 nm and a remarkable 28% quantum yield achieved at 350 nm excitation wavelength. Morpho-structural investigations of the prepared Carbon Dots were performed through EDX, FT-IR, Raman, DLS, XRD, and HR-SEM while absolute PLQY, steady state, and lifetime fluorescence were used to highlight their luminescence properties. Due to the wide availability of this type of ligno-cellulosic waste, an easy processing procedure achieved photo-luminescent properties, and the prepared Carbon Dots could be an interesting approach for various applications ranging from sensors, contrast agents for biology investigations, to photonic conversion mediums in various optoelectronic devices. Additionally, their biocompatibility and waste valorization in new materials might be equally good arguments in their favor, bringing a truly “green” approach. MDPI 2022-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9824800/ /pubmed/36616041 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13010131 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Stan, Loredana
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Albu, Cristina
Coroaba, Adina
Ursu, Laura E.
Popa, Marcel
Intense Blue Photo Emissive Carbon Dots Prepared through Pyrolytic Processing of Ligno-Cellulosic Wastes
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title_short Intense Blue Photo Emissive Carbon Dots Prepared through Pyrolytic Processing of Ligno-Cellulosic Wastes
title_sort intense blue photo emissive carbon dots prepared through pyrolytic processing of ligno-cellulosic wastes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9824800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36616041
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13010131
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