Abstract We herein report the synthesis of blue and green emitting carbon-based quantum dots (CBQDs). The materials displayed good photoluminescence (PL) emission when excited from ultraviolet (UV) to near infrared… Click to show full abstract
Abstract We herein report the synthesis of blue and green emitting carbon-based quantum dots (CBQDs). The materials displayed good photoluminescence (PL) emission when excited from ultraviolet (UV) to near infrared (NIR) region and quantum yield of 45.49 and 44.29 % for the blue and green CBQDs respectively. The structural characterizations confirmed that the as-synthesized materials are small, spherical in shape and highly crystalline. The cell viability study against mouse colon carcinoma (C26) and mouse bladder carcinoma (MBT-2) cells showed concentration dependent biocompatibility.
               
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