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A surfactant-assisted redox hydrothermal route to prepare highly photoluminescent carbon quantum dots with aggregation-induced emission enhancement properties

Mingxuan Gao, Chun Fang Liu, Zhu Wu, Qiao Zeng, Xiao Xi Yang, Wen Bi Wu, Yuan Fang Li, Cheng Zhi Huang

Chemical Communications · 2013 · 187 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

Highly PL carbon quantum dots (CQDs) were successfully prepared from C60 by introducing CTAB and H2O2 in aqueous NaOH under hydrothermal conditions. The CQDs displayed a nanoparticle aggregation-induced emission enhancement (NP-AIEE).

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