By raiding their local barber’s shop, scientists in China have found the ideal raw material for an emerging class of fluorescent nanoparticles.
The desirable optical properties, chemical inertness and biocompatibility of carbon dots has led researchers to explore their application in anti-counterfeiting fields and flat panel displays…
Interested? Read the full article at Chemistry World.
Photographs of carbon dot ink patterns under UV light
The original article can be read below:
Hair-Derived Carbon Dots toward Versatile Multidimensional Fluorescent Hybrid Materials
Si-Si Liu, Cai-Feng Wang, Chen-Xiong Li, Jing Wang, Li-Hua Mao and Su Chen
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C4TC00636D
