Recent progress in carbon quantum dots: synthesis, properties and applications in photocatalysis

R Wang, KQ Lu, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) as a rising star of carbon nanomaterials, by virtue of their
unique physicochemical, optical and electronic properties, have displayed tremendous …

Synthesis, properties and biomedical applications of carbon-based quantum dots: An updated review

P Namdari, B Negahdari, A Eatemadi - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy, 2017 - Elsevier
Carbon-based quantum dots (CQDs) are a newly developed class of carbon nano-materials
that have attracted much interest and attention as promising competitors to already available …

Effect of nitrogen atom positioning on the trade-off between emissive and photocatalytic properties of carbon dots

S Bhattacharyya, F Ehrat, P Urban, R Teves… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are a versatile nanomaterial with attractive photoluminescent and
photocatalytic properties. Here we show that these two functionalities can be easily tuned …

Design and preparation of a ternary composite of graphene oxide/carbon dots/polypyrrole for supercapacitor application: Importance and unique role of carbon dots

X Zhang, J Wang, J Liu, J Wu, H Chen, H Bi - Carbon, 2017 - Elsevier
A ternary composite of graphene oxide/carbon dots/polypyrrole (GO/CDs/PPy) used as
electrode active material for supercapacitor has been synthesized via in situ polymerization …

Effect of Nitrogen Doping Level on the Performance of N‐Doped Carbon Quantum Dot/TiO2 Composites for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

R Shi, Z Li, H Yu, L Shang, C Zhou… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have attracted widespread interest for photocatalytic
applications, owing to their low cost and excellent electron donor/acceptor properties …

Carbon dots/g-C3N4/ZnO nanocomposite as efficient visible-light driven photocatalyst for tetracycline total degradation

F Guo, W Shi, W Guan, H Huang, Y Liu - Separation and Purification …, 2017 - Elsevier
Tetracycline (TC) in the water environment always brings negative impacts on human health
and ecosystem equilibrium. Here we report that the carbon dots (CDs)/gC 3 N 4/ZnO …

Carbon quantum dots prepared with polyethyleneimine as both reducing agent and stabilizer for synthesis of Ag/CQDs composite for Hg2+ ions detection

T Liu, JX Dong, SG Liu, N Li, SM Lin, YZ Fan… - Journal of hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
A stable silver nanoparticles/carbon quantum dots (Ag/CQDs) composite was prepared by
using CQDs as reducing and stabilizing agent. The CQDs synthesized with …

Green fluorescent onion-like carbon nanoparticles from flaxseed oil for visible light induced photocatalytic applications and label-free detection of Al (III) ions

KM Tripathi, TS Tran, YJ Kim… - ACS sustainable chemistry …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Onion-like carbon nanoparticles (CNOs) were synthesized via traditional pyrolysis of
flaxseed oil. Oxidative treatment of as-synthesized carbon soot introduced numerous …

Characteristic excitation wavelength dependence of fluorescence emissions in carbon “quantum” dots

GE LeCroy, F Messina, A Sciortino… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Carbon “quantum” dots (CDots), generally defined as small carbon nanoparticles with
various surface passivation schemes, have emerged to represent a rapidly advancing and …

Morpholine derivative-functionalized carbon dots-based fluorescent probe for highly selective lysosomal imaging in living cells

L Wu, X Li, Y Ling, C Huang, N Jia - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The development of a suitable fluorescent probe for the specific labeling and imaging of
lysosomes through the direct visual fluorescent signal is extremely important for …