Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) as a rising star of carbon nanomaterials, by virtue of their
unique physicochemical, optical and electronic properties, have displayed tremendous …

Carbon dots, a recent member of the renowned carbon-based nanomaterials family, have
attracted significant interest from various fields. The extraordinary properties, including …

C dots (CDs) have shown great potential in bioimaging and phototherapy. However, it is
challenging to manipulate their fluorescent properties and therapeutic efficacy to satisfy the …

Inspired by the diverse drug compounds with various heteroatoms (such as N, S, and P) in
the drug library, facile synthesis of a new kind of bright and color-tunable N-doped carbon …

We present a facile approach, without the need for external heating and any additional
energy input, to produce fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) inexpensively and on a large scale …

Stable solid‐state red fluorescence from organosilane‐functionalized carbon dots (CDs)
with sizes around 3 nm is reported for the first time. Meanwhile, a novel method is also first …

Implementing visual detection of cancer cells has the potential to contribute greatly to basic
biological research; early diagnosis of cancer is still a challenging issue. In this work, we …

The study introduces a boron-doped graphene quantum dot (B-GQD) as a metal-free multi-
modal contrast agent (CA) for safe MRI and fluorescence imaging. In vivo T 1-weighted MR …

Carbon based dots (CDs) have attracted broad attention exhibit due to the unique optical
properties. However, the exact origins of their optical properties are still controversial. Citric …

Since their discovery (or one might rather call “first synthesis”) approximately 10 years ago,
carbon quantum dots (first identified as “carbon nanoparticles”, but later adopted the term …