Colloidal Carbon Quantum Dots for Anticounterfeiting

doi:10.21127/yaoyigc20220014

Abstract

Abstract: More attentions have been paid for developing anti-counterfeiting technologies to fight the endless emergence of fake and inferior products. Compared with inorganic quantum dots, colloidal carbon dots (C-dots) are emerging fluorescent nanomaterials, which have been used for various types of optical and electrical applications, because they have composition-dependent optical properties, including high quantum yield, tunable absorption/emission spectra and good chemical-/photo-stability. In this minireview, we summarized and updated the most recent research works for the use of colloidal C-dots for optical anticounterfeiting applications. We focus on the fluorescent, persistent luminescence and phosphorescent C-dots. In the end, we enclosed this minireview with our owner perspectives on the challenges of C-dots based anticounterfeiting.

Key words: carbon dots, anticounterfeiting, optical materials, persistent luminescence, phosphorescence

Yuanyuan Han, Yuanming Zhang and Haiguang Zhao. Colloidal Carbon Quantum Dots for Anticounterfeiting[J]. General Chemistry, 2023, 9(3-4): 220014-220014.

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