Article
Azobenzene dendronized carbon nanoparticles: The effect of light antenna
RSC Advances
Document Type
Journal Article
Language
English
Abstract
Fluorescent carbon nanoparticles are grafted with azobenzene dendrons, giving unique dendronized carbon nanoparticles that exhibit an increased quantum yield by as much as ∼74% at a low concentration. Such an improvement is attributed to the strong light harvesting capability of grafted azobenzene dendrons that act as "light antenna" to collect photons and the excitons generated then traverse to adjacent central carbon nanoparticles. © 2014 The Partner Organisations.
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI
10.1039/C4RA02419B
Link to Publisher's Edition
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4RA02419B
ISSN (electronic)
20462069
Citation Information
Qun Wang, Siu-Fung Lee, Changyu Tang, Jimmy Chai-Mei Yu, et al.. "Azobenzene dendronized carbon nanoparticles: The effect of light antenna" RSC Advances Vol. 4 Iss. 35 (2014) p. 18193 - 18197 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/qun_wang/8/