Using metal coordination to assemble carbon nanodots (CND) into clusters can enhance their photophysical properties for applications in sensing and biomedicine. Here, carboxylate groups on the surface of carbon nanodots serve as ligands for the coordination of manganese ions, enabling the assembly of optically and magnetically active CND clusters in a one-step microwave-assisted synthesis in water.
- Nina Gomez-Blanco
- Maurizio Prato
