Carbon nanodots: a review—from the current understanding of the fundamental photophysics to the full control of the optical response

A Sciortino, A Cannizzo, F Messina - C, 2018 - mdpi.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are an emerging family of nanosystems displaying a range of fascinating
properties. Broadly speaking, they can be described as small, surface-functionalized …

Carbon quantum dots: recent progresses on synthesis, surface modification and applications

M Farshbaf, S Davaran, F Rahimi… - Artificial cells …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Generally, carbon nanoparticles with a size of 10 nm (or less) are called carbon quantum
dots (CQDs, C-dots or CD), which have created huge excitement due to their advantages in …

Mitochondrial specific photodynamic therapy by rare-earth nanoparticles mediated near-infrared graphene quantum dots

D Zhang, L Wen, R Huang, H Wang, X Hu, D Xing - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been proposed in cancer treatment for decades, but its
clinical translation is significantly impeded by the low yield of ROS, poor tissue penetration …

Impacts of carbon dots on rice plants: boosting the growth and improving the disease resistance

H Li, J Huang, F Lu, Y Liu, Y Song, Y Sun… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A series of∼ 5 nm sized carbon dots (CDs) with different oxygen contents were fabricated
and employed as a model material with which to explore the impacts of carbon …

Engineering carbon quantum dots for photomediated theranostics

M Hassan, VG Gomes, A Dehghani, SM Ardekani - Nano Research, 2018 - Springer
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have emerged as potential alternatives to classical metal-
based semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) due to the abundance of their precursors, their …

Heteroatom‐Doped Carbon Dots (CDs) as a Class of Metal‐Free Photocatalysts for PET‐RAFT Polymerization under Visible Light and Sunlight

J Jiang, G Ye, Z Wang, Y Lu, J Chen… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A key challenge of photoregulated living radical polymerization is developing efficient and
robust photocatalysts. Now carbon dots (CDs) have been exploited for the first time as metal …

Application of carbon quantum dots to increase the activity of conventional photocatalysts: a systematic review

M Pirsaheb, A Asadi, M Sillanpää… - Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis, a green technique is widely applied in the fields of environmental
remediation for the removal of many pollutant constituents. It is known that major problems …

Mitochondria-Targeted DNA Nanoprobe for Real-Time Imaging and Simultaneous Quantification of Ca2+ and pH in Neurons

Z Liu, H Pei, L Zhang, Y Tian - ACS nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
Herein, a single highly selective DNA nanoprobe was designed and created for the real-time
imaging and simultaneous quantification of two kinds of biological species using Ca2+ and …

Photoluminescent cationic carbon dots as efficient non-viral delivery of plasmid SOX9 and chondrogenesis of fibroblasts

X Cao, J Wang, W Deng, J Chen, Y Wang, J Zhou… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
With the increasing demand for higher gene carrier performance, a multifunctional vector
could immensely simplify gene delivery for disease treatment; nevertheless, the current non …

Phototunable biomemory based on light‐mediated charge trap

Z Lv, Y Wang, Z Chen, L Sun, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Phototunable biomaterial‐based resistive memory devices and understanding of their
underlying switching mechanisms may pave a way toward new paradigm of smart and …