title: High photoluminescent carbon based dots with tunable emission color from orange to green.
abstract: A one-pot hydrothermal method was proposed for the synthesis of carbon based dots (CDs) with high quantum yield and controllable long-wavelength photoluminescence (PL). The PL mechanisms of the CDs were discussed, and a common model has been proposed. Furthermore, the obtained CDs showed excellent biocompatibility and high PLQYs (more than 20%), and presented great potential bio-applications.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, and Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350108, China. dongyq@fzu.edu.cn y.w.chi@fzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yongqiang
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8688-7604
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, and Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350108, China. dongyq@fzu.edu.cn y.w.chi@fzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yingmei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, and Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350108, China. dongyq@fzu.edu.cn y.w.chi@fzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: You
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, and Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350108, China. dongyq@fzu.edu.cn y.w.chi@fzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, and Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350108, China. dongyq@fzu.edu.cn y.w.chi@fzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Chun-Hua
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, and Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350108, China. dongyq@fzu.edu.cn y.w.chi@fzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Huang-Hao
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, and Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350108, China. dongyq@fzu.edu.cn y.w.chi@fzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yuwu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chi
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D003116:Color; D006801:Humans; D061986:MCF-7 Cells; D045663:Quantum Dots / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002244:Carbon