Are "Carbon Dots" Always Carbon Dots? Evidence for Their Supramolecular Nature from Structural and Dynamic Studies in Solution and in the Pure Solid

Diogo A Sousa; Mário N Berberan-Santos; José V Prata

doi:10.1002/chem.202304122

Are "Carbon Dots" Always Carbon Dots? Evidence for Their Supramolecular Nature from Structural and Dynamic Studies in Solution and in the Pure Solid

Chemistry. 2024 Jan 11;30(3):e202304122. doi: 10.1002/chem.202304122. Epub 2023 Dec 18.

Authors

Diogo A Sousa^{1

2}, Mário N Berberan-Santos², José V Prata^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 1959-007, Lisbon, Portugal.
² BSIRG-iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, and Associate Laboratory i4HB - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal.
³ CQ-VR-Centro de Química-Vila Real, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5001-801, Vila Real, Portugal.

PMID: 38109086
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202304122

Abstract

Invited for the cover of this issue are José Prata and co-workers at Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa and Instituto Superior Técnico. The image depicts a model for the supramolecular nature of carbon dots. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/chem.202302955.