title: Molecular Luminescence of White Carbon.
abstract: Four-color emission modulated by the molecular chain length from white carbon (carbyne crystals) is observed. It is also established that a carbyne molecule with four carbon atoms is the basic unit or building block to construct carbyne crystals, where the chain length of the carbyne molecule in the synthesized carbyne crystals follows the rule of 4n (n = 1, 2, 3, …).
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Nanotechnology Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, Guangdong, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Nanotechnology Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, Guangdong, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jiling
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Nanotechnology Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, Guangdong, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Guowei
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: 1D sp-hybridized carbon; carbon nanostructures; luminescence