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Modulating hydrothermal condition to achieve carbon dots-zeolite composites with multicolor afterglow

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Responsive luminescence materials with prolonged lifetime and multicolor emission have drawn great attention due to their attractive optical property and potential applications. Herein, two responsive carbon dots (CDs) based composites: CD1@MCM-22P and CD2@ZSM-12 were achieved by a one-step hydrothermal method. By adjusting the hydrothermal condition, CD1@MCM-22P owns temperature-dependent afterglow, while CD2@ZSM-12 is equipped with excitation-dependent room-temperature phosphorescence. The photoluminescence mechanisms of CD1@MCM-22P and CD2@ZSM-12 were investigated and proposed, and the composites were applied in multi-mode anti-counterfeiting. This work provides an insight as well as a feasible method for the development of multi-emissive CDs@zeolite composite.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21971259).

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  1. MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Jiali Wen, Zhifeng Zeng, Junyu Hong, Yingyuan Chen & Jiuxing Jiang

  2. State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China

    Bolun Wang & Jiyang Li

  3. Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China

    Jianyu Zhang

  4. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Chemicals, XinHuaYue Group, Maoming, 525000, China

    Jiuxing Jiang

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Wen, J., Zeng, Z., Wang, B. et al. Modulating hydrothermal condition to achieve carbon dots-zeolite composites with multicolor afterglow. Nano Res. 16, 7761–7769 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5410-y

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