Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Facile synthesis of preformed mixed nano-carbon structure from low rank coal Subject The topic of the resource Carbon nanodots; Gondwana coal; Graphene layers; Mixed structure; Nano-diamonds; Quantum dots; Tertiary coal Description An account of the resource Coal is a natural energy resource which is mainly used for energy production via combustion. Coal has nanocrystals embedded in it, formed during the coalification process, and is an ideal precursor for nano-carbon dots and diamonds. Herein, we report a facile top-down method to synthesise nanodots and diamonds of the size of 5 nm to 10 nm from three different types of coal by simple chemical leaching. TEM analysis revealed the formation of a mixture of carbon dots, graphene layers, and quantum dots in bituminous coal and sub-bituminous coal. Raman analysis confirmed the existence of synthesized nano-diamond and nano-carbon mixed phase with defects associated with it. It is concluded that graphene quantum dots, nano-diamonds, graphene sheets and carbon dots present in coal can be extracted by simple chemical treatment. These structures can be tuned to photoluminescent material for various optoelectronic applications or energy harvesting devices like super capacitors. 2018. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Manoj B.; Raj A.M.; Chirayil G.T. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Materials Science- Poland, Vol-36, No. 1, pp. 14-20. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Sciendo Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2018-0026" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2018-0026</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85054877250&amp;doi=10.1515%2Fmsp-2018-0026&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=a665aca8f5f0de6caa502bee6362d33d" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85054877250&amp;doi=10.1515%2fmsp-2018-0026&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=a665aca8f5f0de6caa502bee6362d33d</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 20831331 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Manoj B., Department of Physics, Christ University, Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India; Raj A.M., Department of Physics, Christ University, Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India; Chirayil G.T., Department of Physics, Christ University, Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India