Reversible Photoswitching of Carbon Dots #MMPMID26078266
Khan S; Verma NC; Gupta A; Nandi CK
Sci Rep 2015[]; 5 (ä): ä PMID26078266show ga
We present a method of reversible photoswitching in carbon nanodots with red emission. A mechanism of electron transfer is proposed. The cationic dark state, formed by the exposure of red light, is revived back to the bright state with the very short exposure of blue light. Additionally, the natural on-off state of carbon dot fluorescence was tuned using an electron acceptor molecule. Our observation can make the carbon dots as an excellent candidate for the super-resolution imaging of nanoscale biomolecules within the cell.