Production of carbon nanodots from hydrothermal carbonisation of durian shell waste

• Main Author: Jayaweera, Jayadana Ranathunga Arachchige Supuli
• Other Authors: Ng Wun Jern
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering::Waste management; Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137327
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Carbon dots (CDs) are an emerging nanomaterial that has been used in multidisciplinary areas of energy, environmental and medical fields as a result of its low toxicity, stable and tunable photoluminescence, aqueous solubility and high biocompatibility. In recent years developments in CDs using biom...