The unique ability of carbon atoms to participate in robust covalent bonds with other carbon
atoms in diverse hybridization states (sp, sp 2, sp 3) or with nonmetallic elements enables …

At present, the actual mechanism of the photoluminescence (PL) of fluorescent carbon dots
(CDs) is still an open debate among researchers. Because of the variety of CDs, it is highly …

As new members of carbon material family, carbon and graphene quantum dots (CDs,
GQDs) have attracted tremendous attentions for their potentials for biological, optoelectronic …

Fluorescent carbon nanoparticles or carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a new class of carbon
nanomaterials that have emerged recently and have garnered much interest as potential …

The emerging graphene quantum dots (GQDs) and carbon dots (C‐dots) have gained
tremendous attention for their enormous potentials for biomedical applications, owing to …

Carbon nanomaterials are a class of low-dimensional materials that have aroused a great
deal of interest in the past 30 years since the spectacular debut of fullerene, the first member …

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 …

Quantum dots (QDs) generally refer to nanoscale particles of conventional semiconductors
that are subject to the quantum-confinement effect, though other nanomaterials of similar …

Nitrogen and sulfur codoped carbon dots (CDs) were prepared from garlic by a
hydrothermal method. The as-prepared CDs possess good water dispersibility, strong blue …

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are established as excellent photosensitizers in combination
with a molecular catalyst for solar light driven hydrogen production in aqueous solution. The …