Two-photon excitation (TPE) nanoparticle-based photosensitizers (PSs) that combine the
advantages of TPE and nanotechnology have emerged as attractive therapeutic agents for …

Carbon dots (CDs) are remarkable nanocarriers due to their promising optical and
biocompatible capabilities. However, their practical applicability in cancer therapeutics is …

In the most recent decade, carbon dots have drawn intensive attention and triggered
substantial investigation. Carbon dots manifest superior merits, including excellent …

Novel red‐emissive carbon‐dots (C‐dots) with broad absorption in the region from 400 to
750 nm are prepared from polythiophene phenylpropionic acid. Upon near infrared laser …

Clinical applications of current photodynamic therapy (PDT) agents are often limited by their
low singlet oxygen (1O2) quantum yields, as well as by photobleaching and poor …

Fluorescent carbon dots (C-dots) are new class of nanomaterials with widespread
applications in optoelectronics, bio-imaging, catalysis, and sensing. The origin of …

Light-responsive polymers, especially photochromic ones, are among the most interesting
classes of stimuli-responsive materials. Photochromic polymers can show different stimuli …

Nature provides an almost limitless supply of sources that inspire scientists to develop new
materials with novel applications and less of an environmental impact. Recently, much …

It is highly desirable and a great challenge for red light emission of carbon dots under long
wavelength excitation. Here, we developed a facile route to synthesize carbon dots with red …

Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have various alluring properties and potential applications,
but their large-scale applications are limited by current synthetic methods that commonly …