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Di Li1, Dong Han1, Song-Nan Qu1, Lei Liu1, Peng-Tao Jing1, Ding Zhou1, Wen-Yu Ji1, Xiao-Yun Wang2, Tong-Fei Zhang2 and De-Zhen Shen1

A novel concept and approach to engineering carbon nanodots (CNDs) were explored to overcome the limited light absorption of CNDs in low-energy spectral regions. In this work, we constructed a novel type of supra-CND by the assembly of surface charge-conned CNDs through possible electrostatic interactions and hydrogen bonding. The resulting supra-CNDs are the rst to feature a strong, well-dened absorption band in the visible to near-infrared (NIR) range and to exhibit effective NIR photo-thermal conversion performance with high photothermal conversion efciency in excess of 50%.

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Keywords: assembly; carbon nanodots; NIR photothermal conversion; supra-(carbon nanodots); visible to NIR absorption band

INTRODUCTION

As an emerging branch of carbon-based nanomaterials, carbon nanodots (CNDs) have inspired intensive research efforts because of their attractive merits13. Their outstanding optical properties (optical brightness, resistance to photobleaching and excitation/size-dependent emission), dispersibility in water, low toxicity, excellent biocompatibility and low cost make CNDs promising candidates for the advancement of biological applications49. Recently, even more attractive photophysical properties have been exploited using CNDs/ inorganic nanomaterials or CNDs/organic molecule composites rather than single-particle CNDs. For example, Tang et al. reported efcient solar-driven interfacial charge transfer between nitrogen-doped CNDs and TiO2 in the ultraviolet (UV) to blue regions10; Liu et al. used

CNDs as photosensitizers and catalysts in CNDcarbon nitride (C3N4) nanocomposites for visible overall water splitting11. Strauss et al.

constructed self-assembling electron donoracceptor hybrids from

CNDs and perylenediimides derivates12. Recently, our group developed smart supra-CNDs from amphipathic CNDs through amphipathic interactions with on/off luminescence induced by the dissociation/formation of a self-assembled system. This strategy opens up a new pathway for CNDs engineering using nanoparticle interactions and assembly13. We believe that the construction of supra-CNDs from CND assemblies through interparticle interactions represents a new method to achieve novel photophysical properties.

The main absorption bands of CNDs are typically located in the

UV, blue or green regions1417, which limit their applications in longer wavelength regions. To the best of our knowledge, the previous methods used to modulate CNDs absorbance mainly relied on surface

passivation, heteroatom doping and dimensional modication15,1822,

which are ineffective in the red and near-infrared (NIR) spectral regions. Therefore, exploring new concepts for CNDs engineering is of great scientic interest to tailor their features for desirable light-absorbing applications. In the present work, a novel type of supra-CND with a strong visible to NIR absorption band and efcient NIR photothermal conversion (up to 50%) were constructed by the assembly of hydrothermally produced CNDs through possible electro-static interactions and hydrogen bonding. The inhomogeneous surface-conned charges and surface functional groups of the CNDs contribute to the formation and optical properties of the supra-CNDs, and as a result, an intense and well-dened absorption band was realized in the visibleNIR range, which has not been reported inCND systems previously. The good photothermal properties, high dispersibility in water and low toxicity make this type of supra-CND potential candidates for future biomedical applications.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

General informationCitric acid and urea were purchased from Beijing Chemical Corp,Beijing, China. Graphene oxides (GOs) were purchased from XFNANO, INC, Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. All chemicals were used as received without further purication. The water used in all experiments was puried with a Milli-Q system (Millipore Corporation, Billerica, MA, USA). High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) was performed on a FEI Tecnai-G2-F20TEM at 200 kV. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) images were captured on a Multimode 8 (Bruker Corporation, Santa Barbara,

1State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China and 2School of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, ChinaCorrespondence: SN Qu, Email: mailto:[email protected]

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CA, USA) in tapping mode under ambient conditions. Fluorescence emission spectra were collected on a Shimadzu F7000 spectrophotometer (Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan). Photoluminescence quantum yields were obtained in a calibrated integrating sphere using a FLS920 spectrometer (Edinburgh Instruments, UK). Optical absorption spectra were recorded on a Shimadzu UV-3101PC spectrophotometer. Raman spectra were measured with a Renishaw Raman system model 1000 spectrometer at 633 nm. Infrared (IR) spectra of the samples in pressed KBr pellets were recorded with a Bruker IFS66v Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer equipped with a deuterated triglycine sulfate detector (32 scans) at a resolution of 4 cm1. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was performed with an ESCALAB MK II X-ray photoelectron spectrometer using Mg as the excitation source.

Synthesis of supra-CNDsThe supra-CNDs were prepared by post-treatment of CNDs synthesized via a hydrothermal procedure, as previously reported17,23.

Specically, citric acid (3 g) and urea (6 g) were reacted at 160 C for 4 h under hydrothermal conditions. The freshly obtained solution was freeze-dried, and the resulting yellow CND solids were further washed in ethanol to remove the unreacted materials for purication. The CNDs were stable in dry atmosphere but unstable in solution and humid air. The yellow CNDs were placed in humid air (60% humidity), and their color gradually changed from yellow to entirely black within several days (7 days at 60% humidity). The black powders could be dispersed in water, and further purication via dialysis and freeze-drying gave the dark-blue supra-CNDs. Supra-CNDs also formed spontaneously with time from concentrated aqueous solutions of CNDs (300 mg ml1 for 12 h) at room temperature, and the conversion of CNDs to supra-CNDs was less efcient than that in the solid state in humid air.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONBecause of the observed color changes, optical absorption and uorescence spectra were collected rst. Figure 1d shows that in addition to the absorption peak centered at 356 nm, supra-CNDs exhibited a well-dened strong absorption band at 700 nm, covering the visible to NIR spectral range of 4701000 nm (full width at half maximum = 201 nm). Because of the inuence of scattering effects on the extinction determination, we performed synchronous scanning in an integrating sphere to examine the absolute absorption of an aqueous dispersion of supra-CNDs. As shown in Supplementary Fig. S1, two characteristic absorption bands in the UV and visible NIR regions were observed, consistent with those in the absorption spectrum, indicating that scattering effects were insignicant in the extinction determination. In contrast, CNDs exhibited a single absorption band in the UV region centered at 340 nm. The change in absorption corresponded to the color change from CNDs to supra-CNDs. Optical images of the CNDs and supra-CNDs in the solid state and in solution are presented in Figure 1a and 1b. In the optical images and uorescence spectra (Figure 1c and 1e), CNDs showed intense blue emission (em = 443 nm) with a quantum efciency of35.56% excited at 340 nm, whereas supra-CNDs were hardly emissive. To the best of our knowledge, this is the rst report of supra-CNDs exhibiting a signicant absorption band in the visible to NIR spectral range. These attractive optical properties inspired us to study the structural and photophysical properties of supra-CNDs.

To gain insight into the structural features of supra-CNDs, microscopy was conducted, and the results obtained for supra-CNDs and CNDs were compared. In the AFM images (Figure 2a2f), the heights of the CNDs were homogeneously distributed in the range of 15 nm, whereas supra-CNDs exhibited increased heights in the range of 525 nm. The mean heights were 2.76 nm for CNDs and 12.34 nm for supra-CNDs. The larger sizes and inhomogeneous structures (Supplementary Fig. S2) of supra-CNDs indicated that assembly of

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smaller CNDs might occur during the color-changing process. HRTEM revealed the presence of a crystalline graphite phase in both CNDs and supra-CNDs (Figure 2g and 2h, Supplementary Fig. S3). Notably, the crystalline CNDs possessed well-resolved uniform lattice fringes (d100 = 0.21 nm)22,24 throughout the particles, whereas in the circled parts of Figure 2h, supra-CNDs showed non-uniform lattice fringes (d100 = 0.21 nm) that were adjacently located. Therefore, the supra-CNDs were composed of CND assemblies. Overall, the AFM and HRTEM characterizations conrmed that single CNDs assembled to form supra-CNDs.

Despite their color changes in solution and the solid state, CNDs are stable when frozen and when the surrounding H2O molecules exist in the form of ice. These results suggest that liquid water or H2O molecules in humid air can increase the motion and rotational freedom of single CNDs in the solution or condensed state, thereby inducing the assembly of CNDs into supra-CNDs. Therefore, the key effect of water or humid air is making the frozen CNDs free to assemble into supra-CNDs. In other words, water molecules function as the medium for CND assembly.

The Raman spectrum of the supra-CNDs (Figure 3a) exhibited two broad peaks of the D band (disordered, sp3) and G band (graphitized, sp2) at approximately 1338 and 1555 cm1, respectively, and the

relative intensity of the D band and G band (ID/IG = 0.87) indicated that supra-CNDs possessed a relatively high carbon-lattice-structure content25. In the XPS spectra (Figure 3c3f), carbon, nitrogen and oxygen elements were detected as C = C (284.6 eV), C N/C O (285.6 eV), C = N/C = O (287.2 eV) and O C = O (288.8 eV) for carbon; C N C (399.8 eV), N (C)3 (400.1 eV) and N H (401.6 eV) for nitrogen; and C = O (531.6 eV) and C OH/C O C (533.0 eV) for oxygen20,24,26. The FT-IR spectrum of supra-CNDs

(Figure 3b) exhibited the characteristic absorption bands of (O H)/(N H) (3100 3500 cm1), (C = O)/(N H)/(C = N)

(1550 1750 cm1) and (C H)/(C N) (1330 1480 cm1)2527. Combining the XPS and FT-IR spectra, we inferred the existence of functional groups, such as amino, carboxyl and aromatic CN heterocycles, in the supra-CNDs that originated from the CNDs.

To further explore the driving force of CND assembly and the origin of the strong visible to NIR absorption band of supra-CNDs, luminescence quenching experiments with both electron acceptors and donors were conducted with the CNDs to probe their electronic nature. For the oxidative/reductive quenching experiments, the luminescence intensity of a CND dispersion was quantitatively quenched by adding increasing amounts of either the electron acceptor (2,4-dinitrotoluene) or the electron donor (p-phenylenediamine), and

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the Stern-Volmer constants were calculated to be 283.3 M1 for 2,4-dinitrotoluene and 177.6 M1 for p-phenylenediamine (Supplementary Fig. S4). Therefore, the CNDs were excellent electron donors and electron acceptors because of the presence of surface-conned electrons and holes. The CNDs exhibited inhomogeneous surface-

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dispersions of CNDs. We measured the optical absorbance of aqueous dispersions of CNDs at four concentrations (10, 50, 100 and 300 mg ml1; Figure 4a and Supplementary Fig. S5) and observed the gradual emergence of a visibleNIR absorption band (500 900 nm) after the CNDs were dispersed in water. In Figure 4b, the mass-extinction coefcient at the visibleNIR absorption maximum is shown to increase with time and the CND concentration of the dispersion; as the concentration increased, the mass-extinction coefcient of the red-shifted absorption peaks grew more rapidly. The concentration-dependent visibleNIR absorbance indicated that long-wavelength photon-induced electron transition could only occur in CND assemblies.

As shown in Supplementary Fig. S6, the existence of C = C (284.6 eV), C N/C O (285.6 eV), C = N/C = O (287.2 eV) and O C = O (288.5 eV) for carbon; C N C (399.2 eV), N (C)3 (399.8 eV) and N H (401.1 eV) for nitrogen; and C = O (531.5 eV)

and C OH/C O C (533.0 eV) for oxygen in the CNDs was conrmed by XPS. Given that the IR spectrum (Supplementary Fig. S8) featured the characteristic absorption bands of (O H)/(N H) (3100 3500 cm1), (C = O)/(N H)/(C = N)

(1550 1750 cm1) and (C H)/(C N) (1330 1480 cm1), we proposed the existence of amino, carboxyl and pyridinic nitrogen groups in the CNDs. Considering the electropositive nature of amino groups and the electronegative nature of carboxyl and pyridinic nitrogen groups, the electropositive and negative centers were located on the amino groups and carboxyl/pyridinic nitrogen groups, respectively, at different surface sites on the CNDs. To illustrate the possible electronic structure of the CNDs and their assembly process, an arbitrarily dened single-sheet CND geometry was proposed based on the probable incorporation mode of urea with amino groups on one side and carboxyl/pyridinic nitrogen on the other side of the sheet, as shown in Supplementary Fig. S7. Adjacent CNDs are supposed to assemble via possible interparticle electrostatic interactions and hydrogen bonding between the amino groups as positive charge centers and the carboxyl/pyridinic groups as negative charge centers. The IR spectra reveal that the characteristic absorption peaks of C = N, C = O and amino groups shifted to smaller wavenumbers in the supra-CNDs relative to the CNDs, indicating the formation of interparticle

hydrogen bonds (Supplementary Fig. S8)31. These possible interparticle electrostatic interactions and hydrogen bonding could stabilize the assemblies and support the formation of supra-CNDs.

Density functional theory calculations were performed based on the proposed CND geometry, as illustrated in Figure 5a5c3235. Com

pared with the undoped sp2 carbon segments (highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) at 0 eV and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) at 2.82 eV), the incorporation of positive/negative surface groups barely changed the energy gap between the HOMO and LUMO of the CNDs (HOMO at 0.11 eV and LUMO at 2.68 eV) but evoked additional trap-state energy levels on the surface dened as the a level at 0.31 eV above the HOMO and d level at 0.44 eV below the LUMO in a single CND sheet. However, electron transition from the a level to the d level is almost forbidden because of the spatial separation of their charge density distributions. This might explain the nonabsorbance of CNDs in the visible to NIR regions. In the assembly of CNDs, the respective a and d energy levels of different CNDs can overlap spatially. Therefore, the electron transitions from the a level to the d level are permitted in the CND assemblies and correspond to the visibleNIR absorption of the CND assemblies. Nevertheless, the spatial arrangement of adjacent sheets in a single CND is restricted and might make the electron transitions from the a to d levels in adjacent sheets in the same CND unfavorable and ineffective compared with those between different CNDs, which can assemble in favorable spatial conformations. Thus, electron transitions might occur from the a to d energy levels in adjacent sheets of the same CND, but their proportion might be not sufcient to inuence the NIR absorption. Based on the above discussion, a possible model was established to elucidate the assembly and NIR absorption principle of supra-CNDs and is presented in Figure 6. Driven by possible electrostatic interactions and hydrogen bonding between the charge-conned surfaces, CNDs tend to assemble to form supra-CNDs in any possible three-dimensional spatial arrangement. Characteristic visible NIR absorption originates from the electron transitions through the coupled energy levels in the CND assemblies, which could be enhanced by increased assembly degrees in highly concentrated systems. Herein, we processed CNDs in the solid state in humid air and found that the H2O molecules in air enable CNDs to assemble in

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highly concentrated systems, which is important to achieve the strong visibleNIR absorption in supra-CNDs. However, we cannot conrm whether H2O molecules are absorbed in the as-produced supra-CNDs because of the uncertainty of the exact CND composition. Considering the trap-state energy levels on the CND surfaces before assembly, energy level coupling and electron transition should be dominated by the intrinsic electronic properties of the CNDs and the assembled structures; therefore, we ignore the incorporation of H2O molecules in the theoretical calculation.

The NIR photothermal effects of nanomaterials with photon-to-thermal energy conversion under skin-penetrating NIR irradiation have become a research focus because of their potential applications in cancer therapy and photoacoustic imaging36,37. Carbon nanomaterials have wide spectral absorption because of their zero or narrow bandgap properties. Given the requirements of practical applications, abundant and varied surface modications have been performed on carbon nanomaterials to improve their solubility and NIR absorption. The as-prepared supra-CNDs are composed of surface charge-conned CNDs, and their strong visibleNIR absorptions are attributed to the interparticle electron transitions between the trap-state energy levels on the surface. The photophysical mechanism of the enhanced visible NIR absorption in supra-CNDs differs from those of carbon nano-tubes or C60. Their small particle sizes and efcient NIR photothermal conversion allow supra-CNDs to be directly used as photothermal agents without further modication. Very recently, Ge et al. reported red luminescent CNDs with a photothermal conversion efciency of38.5% under 671-nm laser irradiation at a power density of 2 W cm2,

indicating the applicability of CNDs in thermal theranostics24.

However, these CNDs exhibit a weak absorption tail in the NIR region. Because of supra-CNDs strong absorption in the NIR region, it was easy for us to investigate their NIR photothermal properties. In marked contrast to pure water, the aqueous dispersion of supra-CNDs showed a clear concentration- and laser power density-dependent temperature increase under irradiation with a 732-nm laser. As shown in Figure 7a and 7b and Supplementary Table S1, the temperature of the supra-CND aqueous dispersions increased by 19.8 to 35.2 C in 10 min under 1- W cm2 irradiation with a 732-nm laser as the concentration increased from 25 to 200 ppm and by 16.1 to 55.5 C in 10 min when 100-ppm dispersions were irradiated with a 732-nm laser as the power density increased from 0.5 to 2 W cm2. The

temperature elevation of the supra-CNDs dispersion surpassed that of GOs and CNDs measured under the same conditions because of their

high mass-extinction coefcients in the NIR region (18.6 l g1 cm1 for supra-CND, 1.4 l g1 cm1 for GO and 0 l g1 cm1 for CND) at 732 nm (Figure 7c). The photothermal conversion efciency of supra-CNDs was calculated to be 52% (100-ppm supra-CNDs dispersion under 0.5-W cm2 irradiation with 732 nm), which is among the highest values reported for NIR nanoheaters38. Although the absorbance at 808 nm was not as high as that at 732 nm, supra-CNDs exhibited effective photothermal conversion under 808-nm laser irradiation, which can achieve deeper optical penetration depths in biological tissues39. The temperature elevations were 9.6 to 35.2 C for the supra-CD-NIR aqueous dispersions with concentrations of 25 200 ppm (Supplementary Table S1), and the photothermal conversion efciency was 53.2% (100 ppm, 1-W cm2 irradiation at 808 nm, Figure 7d and Supplementary Fig. S9)40,41. At this stage, the

mechanism of the high NIR photothermal conversion in supra-CNDs was not clear. Based on the above results, we propose that the good NIR photothermal performance of supra-CNDs originated from the nonradiative deactivation of the NIR-induced electrons on the d level by recombination with the holes on the a level, as illustrated in Figure 6 and Supplementary Fig. S10. For most carbon-based nanomaterials, enhancing the NIR absorbance improves the photo-thermal conversion performance by increasing the harvesting of the NIR photons. For example, Su et al. and Robinson et al. reported that porphyrin-functionalized GO and ultrasmall reduced GO exhibited enhanced NIR absorbance relative to GO and proved that high NIR absorbance contributes to efcient photothermal conversion42,43.

Thus, we propose that this mechanism should also work in supra-CNDs based on their carbonaceous composition, strong NIR absorption and high photothermal conversion efciency. In contrast to the reported carbon nanomaterials, the enhanced visibleNIR absorption in supra-CNDs is attributable to the interparticle electron transitions between the trap-state energy levels on the surfaces and provides a new strategy for carbon nanomaterial engineering. Considering the potential biomedical applications of supra-CNDs in photothermal therapy and photoacoustic imaging, their cytotoxicity was assessed in HeLa cells using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and various concentrations of supra-CNDs. The cellular viability exceeded 85% after 24 h of incubation in the presence of supra-CNDs at concentrations as high as 400 ppm, which conrmed that the supra-CNDs possess low cytotoxicity (Supplementary Fig. S11) and can be applied in biological systems.

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CONCLUSIONSIn conclusion, supra-CNDs possessing remarkable absorption in the visibleNIR spectral range (4701000 nm) were constructed by assembling CNDs. The inhomogeneous surface-conned charges and surface functional groups on the CNDs were proposed to be responsible for the assembly driving force, including possible electro-static interactions and hydrogen bonds, which facilitated the generation of supra-CNDs and gave rise to strong visibleNIR absorption. The supra-CNDs exhibited good NIR photothermal performance with high photothermal conversion efciency, and thus, they are promising photothermal agents for biomedical applications. Our present work is important because it not only resulted in a new type of carbon-based NIR-absorbing nanoheater but it is also a novel concept and route for CND photophysical engineering. Further research on the photophysical mechanism and biomedical applications of supra-CNDs is in progress.

CONFLICT OF INTERESTThe authors declare no conict of interest.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China

(No. 11204298, 61205025, 61274126 and 61306081), the Jilin Province Science

and Technology Research Project (No. 20140101060JC, 20150519003JH and

20130522142JH), and the Outstanding Young Scientist Program of CAS. SQ

and DS conceived and designed the materials and experiments. DL performed

the material synthesis and characterizations. DH and LL conducted the theo

retical calculations. PJ, WJ and DZ participated in the photophysical char

acterization. XW and TZ evaluated the cytotoxicity. All authors contributed to

the manuscript.

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Supra-(carbon nanodots) with a strong visible to near-infrared absorption band and efficient photothermal conversion

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Li, Di; Han, Dong; Qu, Song-nan; Liu, Lei; Jing, Peng-tao; Zhou, Ding; Ji, Wen-yu; Wang, Xiao-yun; Zhang, Tong-fei; Shen, De-zhen

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Supra-(carbon nanodots) with a strong visible to near-infrared absorption band and efficient photothermal conversion

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