Nanoparticles are promising scaffolds for applications such as imaging, chemical sensors
and biosensors, diagnostics, drug delivery, catalysis, energy, photonics, medicine, and …

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs, C-dots or CDs), which are generally small carbon
nanoparticles (less than 10 nm in size) with various unique properties, have found wide use …

Abstract Carbon dots (C-dots), since their first discovery in 2004 by Scrivens et al. during
purification of single-walled carbon nanotubes, have gradually become a rising star in the …

Luminescent carbon dots (L-CDs) with high quantum yield value (44.7%) and controllable
emission wavelengths were prepared via a facile hydrothermal method. Importantly, the …

Carbon nanodots (C-dots) synthesized by electrochemical ablation and small molecule
carbonization, as well as graphene quantum dots (GQDs) fabricated by solvothermally …

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have been intensively investigated due to their interesting
electrochemical and photoluminescent properties. Here, we report a novel method for large …

Multicolor luminescent materials are of immense importance nowadays, while it still
constitutes a challenge to achieve luminescence color tunability, transparency, and flexibility …

A facile one-step microwave-assisted approach for the preparation of strong fluorescent
carbon nitride quantum dots (g-CNQDs) by using guanidine hydrochloride and EDTA as the …

Highly nitrogen-doped carbon dots (N-CDs) are prepared by the pyrolysis of konjac flour
under mild conditions followed with a simple extraction by ethanol and water. The N-CDs …

Inorganic carbon nanomaterials, also called carbon nanodots, exhibit a strong
photoluminescence with unusual properties and, thus, have been the focus of intense …