Nanoparticles are generally defined as any particulate material for which at least one
dimension lies in the range of 1− 100 nm. 1− 3 They can exist in various shapes, such as …

Efficient capture of solar energy will be critical to meeting the energy needs of the future.
Semiconductor photocatalysis is expected to make an important contribution in this regard …

In recent years, the emerging fluorescent carbon dots have shown enormous potentials for
biomedical and optoelectronic applications owing to their outstanding characteristics such …

In this work, water soluble carbon quantum dots (wsCQDs) were synthesized from lemon
peel waste using a facile and cost effective hydrothermal process. As synthesized wsCQDs …

Luminescent nanomaterials, with wide applications in biosensing, bioimaging, illumination
and display techniques, have been consistently garnering enormous research attention. In …

We review the effect of doping on the optical properties of luminescent colloidal carbon dots.
They are considered as a hybrid material featuring both molecular and semiconductor-like …

A novel concept and approach to engineering carbon nanodots (CNDs) were explored to
overcome the limited light absorption of CNDs in low-energy spectral regions. In this work …

The recent discovery of biomass-derived carbon quantum dots (CQDs) offers the potential to
extend the sensing and imaging capabilities of quantum dots (QDs) to applications that …

Carbon dots, generally defined as small carbon nanoparticles with various surface
passivation schemes, have emerged as a new class of quantum-dot-like nanomaterials, with …

Graphene quantum dots (GQDs), zero-dimensional carbon materials displaying excellent
luminescence properties, show great promise for medical applications such as imaging …