Polymers in Carbon Dots: A Review

Yiqun Zhou; Shiv K Sharma; Zhili Peng; Roger M Leblanc

doi:10.3390/polym9020067

Polymers in Carbon Dots: A Review

Polymers (Basel). 2017 Feb 16;9(2):67. doi: 10.3390/polym9020067.

Authors

Yiqun Zhou¹, Shiv K Sharma², Zhili Peng³, Roger M Leblanc⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA. [email protected].
² Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA. [email protected].
³ Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA. [email protected].
⁴ Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA. [email protected].

Abstract

Carbon dots (CDs) have been widely studied since their discovery in 2004 as a green substitute of the traditional quantum dots due to their excellent photoluminescence (PL) and high biocompatibility. Meanwhile, polymers have increasingly become an important component for both synthesis and modification of CDs to provide polymeric matrix and enhance their PL property. Furthermore, critical analysis of composites of CDs and polymers has not been available. Herein, in this review, we summarized the use of polymers in the synthesis and functionalization of CDs, and the applications of these CDs in various fields.

Keywords: carbon dots; composites; polymerization; polymers; surface modification.

Publication types

Review