Advances in nanotechnology and nanomaterials have attracted considerable interest and
play key roles in scientific innovations in diverse fields. In particular, increased attention has …

LEDs have become the solid-state lighting devices of the century and played significant
roles in relieving energy crisis. Thanks to their superior properties such as excellent …

Traditional room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials usually include
organometallic composites and pure organic compounds, which generally possess the …

Benefitting from their prominent corrosion inhibition properties, excellent water solubility and
benign environmental friendliness, carbon dots (CDs) have functioned as an ideal candidate …

One of the most primary reasons for durability deterioration of reinforced concrete (RC)
structures is reinforcement corrosion caused by chloride ion invasion. However, there is still …

Solid-state emissive (SSE) carbon dots (C-dots) have attracted significant attention in last
decade due to their ability to enhance the physicochemical, photoluminescent properties …

Hydrogels have extremely high moisture content, which makes it very soft and excellently
biocompatible. They have become an important soft material and have a wide range of …

Doped carbon dots have attracted great attention from researchers across disciplines
because of their unique characteristics, such as their low toxicity, physiochemical stability …

Colloidal carbon dots (C‐dots) are considered as promising heavy‐metal‐free materials to
achieve room‐temperature phosphorescence (RTP) properties for promising applications …

Carbon dots (CDs)—carbon nanoparticles smaller than 10 nm—have attracted widespread
attention owing to their excellent optical properties. However, high‐performing CDs often …