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Raphaël de Boëver1,2, Jason R Town1, Xu Li2
1Department of Chemistry, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1 K 2R1, Canada.
Abstract:
Carbon Dots (CDs) are carbon nanoparticles which were discovered in 2004. Despite two decades of intensive work from the scientific community and a colossal amount of gathered experimental data, no definitive consensus exists to date on several key aspects such as the actual definition of CDs and the origin of their emissive properties. This review proposes a critical evaluation of these fundamental questions. Lay persons will also find here an alternative introduction to the CDs domain, including synthetic strategies, photophysical properties, as well as challenges and outlook of this exciting new area.
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