Carbon Quantum Dots : Synthesis, Properties and Applications

This book introduces the various aspects of the emerging field of carbon dots. Their structural and physico-chemical properties as well as their current and future potential applications are covered. A special chapter on graphene quantum dots is provided. The reader will also find different synthesis routes for carbon quantum dots.

Raz Jelinek is at the Ben Gurion University, Israel.  His research is broad-based and spans the interface between biology, chemistry, and nanotechnology, resulting in more than 120 scientific articles and several patents. He edited two books (published by John Wiley & Sons), and wrote two textbooks (De Gruyter): "Biomimetics – a Molecular Perspective" (2013), and "Nanoparticles" (to be published in May 2015).