These smart luminescent carbon nanomaterials hold great promise for applications in optical information storage, information security protection, and clinical diagnosis fields. The modulation of optical properties of CDs through self-assembly expands the scope of research and applications of CDs. This research will also inspire further development of smart carbon-based nanomaterials.
Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP),Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) researchers have developed a memory resistor (memristor) based on III-nitride semiconductors with a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) structure [Yiren Chen et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol105, p193502, 2014].