Revealing the nature of optical activity in carbon dots produced from different chiral precursor molecules

Ananya Das; Evgeny V. Kundelev; Anna A. Vedernikova; Sergei A. Cherevkov; Denis V. Danilov; Aleksandra V. Koroleva; Evgeniy V. Zhizhin; Anton N. Tsypkin; Aleksandr P. Litvin; Alexander V. Baranov; Anatoly V. Fedorov; Elena V. Ushakova; Andrey L. Rogach

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-00778-9

Light: Science & Applications (Apr 2022)

Revealing the nature of optical activity in carbon dots produced from different chiral precursor molecules

Ananya Das,
Evgeny V. Kundelev,
Anna A. Vedernikova,
Sergei A. Cherevkov,
Denis V. Danilov,
Aleksandra V. Koroleva,
Evgeniy V. Zhizhin,
Anton N. Tsypkin,
Aleksandr P. Litvin,
Alexander V. Baranov,
Anatoly V. Fedorov,
Elena V. Ushakova,
Andrey L. Rogach

Affiliations

Ananya Das: Center of Information Optical Technologies, ITMO University
Evgeny V. Kundelev: Center of Information Optical Technologies, ITMO University
Anna A. Vedernikova: Center of Information Optical Technologies, ITMO University
Sergei A. Cherevkov: Center of Information Optical Technologies, ITMO University
Denis V. Danilov: Research Park, Saint Petersburg State University
Aleksandra V. Koroleva: Research Park, Saint Petersburg State University
Evgeniy V. Zhizhin: Research Park, Saint Petersburg State University
Anton N. Tsypkin: Laboratory of Femtosecond Optics and Femtotechnology, ITMO University
Aleksandr P. Litvin: Center of Information Optical Technologies, ITMO University
Alexander V. Baranov: Center of Information Optical Technologies, ITMO University
Anatoly V. Fedorov: Center of Information Optical Technologies, ITMO University
Elena V. Ushakova: Center of Information Optical Technologies, ITMO University
Andrey L. Rogach: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Centre for Functional Photonics (CFP), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-022-00778-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Using different chiral precursor molecules, we produced chiral CDs with superior optical properties, such as two-photon absorption, high photoluminescence quantum yield reaching 57%, and chiral signals in the UV-Vis spectral region.

Published in Light: Science & Applications

ISSN: 2047-7538 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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