A surfactant-assisted redox hydrothermal route to prepare highly photoluminescent carbon quantum dots with aggregation-induced emission enhancement properties

Abstract
Highly PL carbon quantum dots (CQDs) were successfully prepared from C60 by introducing CTAB and H2O2 in aqueous NaOH under hydrothermal conditions. The CQDs displayed a nanoparticle aggregation-induced emission enhancement (NP-AIEE).