{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Zheng GS"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)"],"pagination":["2365"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10943204"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["It remains a challenge to obtain biocompatible afterglow materials with long emission wavelengths, durable lifetimes, and good water solubility. Herein we develop a photooxidation strategy to construct near-infrared afterglow carbon nanodots with an extra-long lifetime of up to 5.9 h, comparable to that of the well-known rare-earth or organic long-persistent luminescent materials. Intriguingly, size-dependent afterglow lifetime evolution from 3.4 to 5.9 h has been observed from the carbon nanodots systems in aqueous solution. With structural/ultrafast dynamics analysis and density functional theory simulations, we reveal that the persistent luminescence in carbon nanodots is activated by a photooxidation-induced dioxetane intermediate, which can slowly release and convert energy into lumin"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Photooxidation triggered ultralong afterglow in carbon nanodots."],"pmcid":["PMC10943204"],"funding_grant_id":["12261141661"],"pubmed_authors":["Lou Q","Liu KK","Li PF","Dong L","Zang JH","Niu CY","Cheng Z","Shi XJ","Zheng GS","Shen CL","Shan CX","Jiang TC","Song RW","Lv CF","Deng Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Photooxidation triggered ultralong afterglow in carbon nanodots.","description":"It remains a challenge to obtain biocompatible afterglow materials with long emission wavelengths, durable lifetimes, and good water solubility. Herein we develop a photooxidation strategy to construct near-infrared afterglow carbon nanodots with an extra-long lifetime of up to 5.9 h, comparable to that of the well-known rare-earth or organic long-persistent luminescent materials. Intriguingly, size-dependent afterglow lifetime evolution from 3.4 to 5.9 h has been observed from the carbon nanodots systems in aqueous solution. With structural/ultrafast dynamics analysis and density functional theory simulations, we reveal that the persistent luminescence in carbon nanodots is activated by a photooxidation-induced dioxetane intermediate, which can slowly release and convert energy into lumin","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Mar","modification":"2025-04-26T22:56:50.649Z","creation":"2025-04-06T17:26:33.175Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10943204","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38491012"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-024-46668-z"]}}