Amide salt pyrolysis fabrication of graphene nanosheets with multi-excitation single color emission

A novel and simple approach of using amide salt pyrolysis to produce photoluminescent (multi-excitation and single color emission) graphene nanosheets ( GNs ) with a thickness of <1 nm and a diameter of about 100–200 nm is described herein. It has characteristics of high water solubility, low toxicity, easy manufacturing, etc., and has potential application prospects in analytical chemistry and biomedicine.