Time-Resolved Emission Reveals Ensemble of Emissive States as the Origin of Multicolor Fluorescence in Carbon Dots.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
The origin of photoluminescence in carbon dots has baffled scientists since its discovery. We show that the photoluminescence spectra of carbon dots are inhomogeneously broadened due to the slower relaxation of the solvent molecules around it. This gives rise to excitation-dependent fluorescence that violates the Kasha-Vavilov rule. The time-resolved experiment shows significant energy redistribution, relaxation among the emitting states, and spectral migration of fluorescence spectra in the nanosecond time scale. The excitation-dependent multicolor emission in time-integrated spectra is typically governed by the relative population of these emitting states.