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Bioresource-Derived Graphene Quantum Dots: A Tale of Sustainable Materials and Their Applications

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Quantum Dot Optoelectronic Devices

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Carbon is an elite element when coming to the material research field [1]. Carbon has delivered numerous useful nanostructures including carbon nanotube [2], graphene, etc. [3]. The history of carbon nanomaterials began with the synthesis of graphene oxide from graphite, and it was named as ‘graphon’ in the older time [4]. Then a large number modified synthetic procedures were developed for the production of graphene oxide in bulk quantity [5]. Along with these developments, the invention of fullerene, an important allotrope of carbon, occurred [6], and it was followed by the discovery of one-dimensional carbon nanotubes [7]. At the same time, the existence of single sheet of graphite was a hot topic of debate, and its existence was only theoretical until in 2011 the monolayer graphene through scotch-tape technique was synthesized [8]. The other important carbon nanomaterials invented include nano-horns [9], nano-onions [10], etc. Thus, the carbon nanomaterial family included members in various dimensions ranging from zero to three.

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  1. Polymers and Special Chemicals Division, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Trivandrum, India

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Mahesh, S., Renuka, K.D. (2020). Bioresource-Derived Graphene Quantum Dots: A Tale of Sustainable Materials and Their Applications. In: Yu, P., Wang, Z. (eds) Quantum Dot Optoelectronic Devices. Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35813-6_8

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