Counterfeiting and inverse engineering of security and confidential documents, such as
banknotes, passports, national cards, certificates, and valuable products, has significantly …

Carbon dots (CDots), an emerging class of photoluminescent materials, exhibit excellent
optical, electrical and chemical properties with many potential applications. Hetero-atom …

Carbon and graphene quantum dots are prepared using top-down and bottom-up methods.
Sustainable synthesis of quantum dots has several advantages such as the use of low-cost …

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) as an emerging class of quantum dots (QDs) with advantages
such as good photoluminescence (PL) properties, easy synthesis routes, economical …

Carbon dots (CDots) have emerged to represent a highly promising new platform for
visible/natural light-activated microbicidal agents. In this article, the syntheses, structures …

Quantum dots (QDs) have been the core concept of nanoscience and nanotechnology since
their inception, and play a dominant role in the development of the nano-field. Carbon dots …

Carbon dots (CDs), with excellent optical property and cytocompatibility, are an ideal class
of nanomaterials applied in the field of biomedicine. However, the weak response of CDs in …

As a class of carbon-based nanomaterials, carbon dots (CDs) have attracted enormous
attention because of their tunable optical and physicochemical properties, such as …

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are emerging nanostructures which consist of carbon atoms
and are typically below 10 nm in size. The CQDs are almost surface passivated or are …

Abstract Photoactivation in CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) on UV/Vis light exposure
improves photoluminescence (PL) and photostability. However, it was not observed in …