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Synthesis and Confinement of Carbon Dots in Lysozyme Single Crystals Produces Ordered Hybrid Materials with Tuneable Luminescence
Author(s) -
England Matt W.,
Patil Avinash J.,
Mann Stephen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201501429
Subject(s) - luminescence , materials science , microcrystalline , phosphor , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , quantum dot , nanoscopic scale , förster resonance energy transfer , energy transfer , optoelectronics , fluorescence , chemistry , crystallography , optics , chemical physics , physics
The synthesis and confinement of graphitic nanoparticles (carbon dots) in the nanoscale solvent channels of cross‐linked lysozyme single crystals is used to prepare novel biohybrid luminescent materials. Co‐sequestration of acridine orange within the biohybrid crystals from acidic or neutral solutions yields FRET‐mediated phosphors emitting white or green light, respectively. The results offer a route to new types of tuneable multicolour luminescent materials based on microcrystalline host–guest energy‐transfer systems.