title: Synthesis and confinement of carbon dots in lysozyme single crystals produces ordered hybrid materials with tuneable luminescence.
abstract: The synthesis and confinement of graphitic nanoparticles (carbon dots) in the nanoscale solvent channels of cross-linked lysozyme single crystals is used to prepare novel biohybrid luminescent materials. Co-sequestration of acridine orange within the biohybrid crystals from acidic or neutral solutions yields FRET-mediated phosphors emitting white or green light, respectively. The results offer a route to new types of tuneable multicolour luminescent materials based on microcrystalline host-guest energy-transfer systems.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantocks Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS (UK).
authors.forename: Matt W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: England
authors.affiliation: Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantocks Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS (UK). avinash.patil@bristol.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Avinash J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.affiliation: Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantocks Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS (UK). s.mann@bristol.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D049449:Luminescence; D049408:Luminescent Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D009113:Muramidase / Q000737:chemistry*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D045663:Quantum Dots / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D049408:Luminescent Agents; D002244:Carbon; D009113:Muramidase
keywords: bio-hybrids; bio-templates; carbon dots; host-guest chemistry; luminescent materials; nanoporous lysozyme crystals