The light of carbon dots: From mechanism to applications

2022/01/01 by Boyang Wang, Siyu Lu · 15 citations
Materials Science · #Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications #Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials #Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications

paper · doi:10.1016/j.matt.2021.10.016

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