Carbon dots: Synthesis, properties and biomedical applications

G Ge, L Li, D Wang, M Chen, Z Zeng… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dots (CDs) are a new type of carbon nanomaterial that have unique physical and
chemical properties, good biocompatibility, low toxicity, and easy surface functionalization …

Carbon quantum dots for biomedical applications: review and analysis

N Azam, M Najabat Ali, T Javaid Khan - Frontiers in Materials, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a new type of nano-carbons that are currently favored
over semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) because of their solubility, low toxicity, eco …

Current and future perspectives of carbon and graphene quantum dots: From synthesis to strategy for building optoelectronic and energy devices

D Ghosh, K Sarkar, P Devi, KH Kim, P Kumar - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) and graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are new carbon-based
nanomaterials with unique electronic, optical, and physicochemical properties. Both CQDs …

Recent advances in the modification of carbon-based quantum dots for biomedical applications

A Alaghmandfard, O Sedighi, NT Rezaei… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon-based quantum dots (CDs) are mainly divided into two sub-groups; carbon quantum
dots (CQDs) and graphene quantum dots (GQDs), which exhibit outstanding …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon dot/polymer nanocomposites: From green synthesis to energy, environmental and biomedical applications

Z Feng, KH Adolfsson, Y Xu, H Fang… - Sustainable materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs), a novel family of multifunctional carbon-nanomaterials, has the potential
to revolutionize several important fields supporting the transformation to sustainable …

Carbon dots: A future Blood–Brain Barrier penetrating nanomedicine and drug nanocarrier

W Zhang, G Sigdel, KJ Mintz, ES Seven… - International journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Drug delivery across the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is one of the biggest challenges in
modern medicine due to the BBB's highly semipermeable property that limits most …

Doping and surface modification of carbon quantum dots for enhanced functionalities and related applications

VL John, Y Nair, TP Vinod - Particle & Particle Systems …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a unique class of 0D nanomaterials, featured by a
graphitic core and shell layers saturated with hydrogen atoms and functional groups. CQDs …

Rational design, synthesis, and applications of carbon dots@ metal–organic frameworks (CD@ MOF) based sensors

B Li, T Suo, S Xie, A Xia, Y Ma, H Huang… - TrAC Trends in …, 2021 - Elsevier
As promising sensory materials, metal–organic frameworks have been extensively studied;
however, the development of fluorescent MOFs relies heavily on the complex organic …

Green synthesis of carbon dots and their applications

S Chahal, JR Macairan, N Yousefi, N Tufenkji… - RSC …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dots (CDs) are nanoparticles with tunable physicochemical and optical properties.
Their resistance to photobleaching and relatively low toxicity render them attractive …

Synthesis and modification of carbon dots for advanced biosensing application

FT Wang, LN Wang, J Xu, KJ Huang, X Wu - Analyst, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
There has been an explosion of interest in the use of nanomaterials for biosensing
applications, and carbonaceous nanomaterials in particular are at the forefront of this …