Advanced Materials based on Carbon Dots for Technological Applications
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INTERUNIVERSITY PH.D. PROGRAM BETWEEN POLITECNICO DI BARI AND UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI
STUDI DI BARI ALDO MORO IN INDUSTRY 4.0
Cycle XXXVI
Advanced Materials based on Carbon
Dots for Technological Applications
Ph.D candidate
Gianluca Minervini
Tutors
Elisabetta Fanizza
Marinella Striccoli
Annamaria Panniello
Description of the research program
Carbon dot: H2020 KETs:
Demchenko, A. P. et al., Methods
Appl Fluoresc 2013, 1 (4),
042001
Sciortino, A., et al., C 2018, 4 (4), 67
1) Synthesis of Carbon Dots High-boiling
solvents Hydrothermal
through ‘bottom-up’ approaches, consisting in selecting opportune precursor molecules (that meet
criteria of cost effectiveness and sustainability) and processing them at high temperatures and in
different conditions (controlling the atmosphere, the pressure, the presence of additives, …)*
*Minervini, G., et al., Materials 2020, 13 (17), 3716 Small molecules Carbon Dots
2) Characterization of their properties
by integrating different investigation techniques, to determine their properties (shape,
structure, composition, optical properties). In particular, the use of fluorescence spectroscopy in
the range of UV-visible is considered essential to evaluate the optical performances of the CDs.
3) Fabrication of advanced nanocomposites
through the integration of CDs in various types of solid matrices (polymeric, glass, ceramic, ...),
also in combination with other nanoparticles, with the aim to combine synergistically the
optical properties of the nanostructured materials with the mechanical and rheological
properties of the matrices
4) Enhancement of their performances
especially to respond to crucial issues that criticality limit the use of CDs in some application fields. For example,
enhancement of the emission of the CDs based materials in the spectral region of the red/near-infrared (620-700 nm)
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Bibliographic research
Gao, W., et al., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10 (1), 1147–1154
Bibliographic research:
Main topic: design of novel synthetic methods
to obtain Carbon Dots (CDs) with modulable
chemical and optical properties, according to
the choice of reaction parameters.
Specific topics: D. Gao, et al., Mater. Today Chem. 2018, 9, 103-113
choice of opportune precursors and of the chemical
operating mechanisms;
choice of profitable and attainable reaction conditions
and their correlation to the structural, chemical and
Yuan, F. et al., Nano Res. 2019, 12 (7), 1669-1674
optical properties of the CDs;
use of catalysts/additives to modulate the synthesis
towards desired final products;
use of post synthetic treatments in order to obtain
purified CDs and/or modify their optical properties. Yoshinaga, T. et al., ACS Omega 2021, 6 (2), 1741-1750
Jiang, K., Sun, et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 5360-5363
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Interuniversity PhD course in Industry 4.0 - Università degli Studi di Bari – PhD School of the Politecnico di Bari
Development of a synthetic approach for Carbon Dots
Acquisition and assembly of the necessary equipment for synthesis experimental
setup; run of several tests aimed at finding the optimal conditions to control the
uniformity and reproducibility of the synthetic conditions
Investigation of a synthetic approach for CDs, using resorcinol (1,3-
dihydroxybenzene) as opportunely selected precursor and ethylene glycol as high
boiling polar solvent in a high temperature carbonization reaction in a purposely
designed open reaction vessel.
Investigation of the effect of different catalysts, additives and de-hydrating agents on
the optical properties of the prepared CDs
Temperature
Controller
HO OH
Ethylene Glycol
Resorcinol
Manuscript in preparation
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Investigations of Carbon Dot properties
Characterization of the structural, morphological, chemical and optical properties of
the CDs prepared at different reaction parameters and in the presence of catalysts,
additives and de-hydrating agents
20 nm ν(O-H) ν(C-H) ν(C=C) ν(C-OH)
PAH-like molecular
luminophore subunits
Ethylene glycol molecules
Manuscript in preparation
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Interuniversity PhD course in Industry 4.0 - Università degli Studi di Bari – PhD School of the Politecnico di Bari
List of the publications
Insert the list of papers written during the first year.
International Journal Articles
[j1] G. Minervini, et al., “Carbon Dots from hydroxyphenols: synthesis, inner chemical composition
and new insights on the origin of their photoluminescence” (tentative title), (in preparation)
International Conference Proceedings
[c1] G. Minervini, M. Striccoli, E. Fanizza, A. Agostiano, M. L. Curri, A. Panniello, “A sustainable
bottom-up synthetic approach for carbon dots”, Applied Nanotechnology and Nanoscience International
Conference Book of Abstracts, pp. 166 – 167
[c2] G. Minervini, M. Striccoli, E. Fanizza, A. Agostiano, M. L. Curri, A. Panniello, “An Easy and Cost-
Saving Approach to Synthesize Green-Emitting Carbon Dots from Cationic Surfactant Molecule”, XXVII
Congresso Nazionale della Società Chimica Italiana – SCI2021 (accepted and to appear)
Collaborations
Prof. F. Messina, Prof. N. Tuccitto,
Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica – Emilio Segré, Leader of MoCo-lab (Laboratory of
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi Nanotechnologies for Molecular
36, 90123 Palermo (Italy) Communication)
Department of Chemical Sciences,
A. Sciortino, A. Panniello, G. Minervini, N. Mauro, G. Buscarino, M. Cannas, M. Università Degli Studi di Catania, Viale A.
Striccoli, F. Messina, "Enhancing Carbon dots fluorescence via plasmonic resonance Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
energy transfer”, Materials Research Bulletin, (submitted)
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Interuniversity PhD course in Industry 4.0 - Università degli Studi di Bari – PhD School of the Politecnico di Bari
Thank you for your attention!
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Interuniversity PhD course in Industry 4.0 - Università degli Studi di Bari – PhD School of the Politecnico di Bari
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