Candle soot with broadband high absorptance for applications of infrared sensors

Fractal Carbon Islands on Plastic Substrates for Enhancement in Directional and Beaming Fluorescence Emission

“…However, it has nonuniform morphology (seen in higher magnification) and an irregular aggregation pattern. This observation is in agreement with earlier reports of the morphological analysis of carbon soot materials. , As expected, EDX analysis shows the composition of the deposition to be predominantly carbon (Figure S1). Figure a presents the Raman spectrum of carbon soot deposited on a transparent glass slide.…”

“…As an economically viable and easy-to-implement system, we present a simple, frugal scientific method to obtain fractal nanocarbon islands on SPCE substrates. Candle soot has been used in different applications as an alternative carbon material, in superamphiphobic carbon layers, 20 self-cleansing coatings, 20 IR sensors, 21 and components for polymer composites used as transducers and anodes for lithium-ion batteries. 22 In addition to these works, here we explore the optical manipulation of fluorophore−plasmon coupling with the use of nanocarbon deposited from candle soot.…”