A multifunctional chemical toolbox to engineer carbon dots for biomedical and energy applications

L Ðorđević, F Arcudi, M Cacioppo, M Prato - Nature Nanotechnology, 2022 - nature.com
Photoluminescent carbon nanoparticles, or carbon dots, are an emerging class of materials
that has recently attracted considerable attention for biomedical and energy applications …

[HTML][HTML] The light of carbon dots: From mechanism to applications

B Wang, S Lu - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Photoluminescence (PL) nanomaterials are widely used by scientists because of their
important applications in optoelectronic devices and biomedicine, such as use in organic …

Carbon dots in bioimaging, biosensing and therapeutics: a comprehensive review

B Wang, H Cai, GIN Waterhouse, X Qu, B Yang… - Small …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs), comprising crystalline graphitized carbon cores and polymer surface
groups, are currently attracting a lot of interest in biological fields owing to their fluorescent …

The development of carbon dots: From the perspective of materials chemistry

S Li, L Li, H Tu, H Zhang, DS Silvester, CE Banks… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
The advance of materials chemistry has influenced significantly the lifestyle of mankind. By
virtue of their fascinating physicochemical nature–including ultrasmall size (< 10 nm), rich …

Carbon dots: a new type of carbon-based nanomaterial with wide applications

J Liu, R Li, B Yang - ACS Central Science, 2020 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs), as a new type of carbon-based nanomaterial, have attracted broad
research interest for years, because of their diverse physicochemical properties and …

[HTML][HTML] Chiral carbon dots: synthesis, optical properties, and emerging applications

A Döring, E Ushakova, AL Rogach - Light: Science & Applications, 2022 - nature.com
Carbon dots are luminescent carbonaceous nanoparticles that can be endowed with chiral
properties, making them particularly interesting for biomedical applications due to their low …

Mulberry‐leaves‐derived red‐emissive carbon dots for feeding silkworms to produce brightly fluorescent silk

J Liu, T Kong, HM Xiong - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescent silk has promising applications in dazzling textiles, biological engineering, and
medical products, but the natural Bombyx mori silk has almost no fluorescence. Here carbon …

Carbon Dots for Electroluminescent Light‐Emitting Diodes: Recent Progress and Future Prospects

Y Shi, W Su, F Yuan, T Yuan, X Song, Y Han… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs), as emerging carbon nanomaterials, have been regarded as promising
alternatives for electroluminescent light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) owing to their distinct …

Insights into photoluminescence mechanisms of carbon dots: advances and perspectives

L Ai, Y Yang, B Wang, J Chang, Z Tang, B Yang, S Lu - Science Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) are potentially useful in many areas such as bioimaging, light-emitting
diodes, and sensing because of their excellent optical properties, high biocompatibility, and …

Carbon-based nanozymes: Design, catalytic mechanism, and bioapplication

Y Sun, B Xu, X Pan, H Wang, Q Wu, S Li, B Jiang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon-based nanomaterials with enzyme-like activity are new candidates in materials
science. So far, various carbon-based nanozymes have been developed, such as …