Carbon nanodots can be obtained in good yields by direct combustion of an abundant waste from the wine industry, wine lees. The extraction of these nanoparticles followed by their chemical functionalization lead to an ink-jettable material emitting in the visible region (blue) under specific UV irradiation.
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Title
Sustainable chemistry : from wine industry waste (wine lees) to luminescent ink-jet inks containing carbon dots
Author(s)
Varisco, Massimo (School of Engineering and Architecture (HEIA-FR), HES-SO University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland)
Date
2017-12
Published in
CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry