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

Carbon-based nanomaterials include fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene and its
derivatives, graphene oxide, nanodiamonds, and carbon-based quantum dots. Due to their …

The emergence and global spread of bacterial resistance to conventionally used antibiotics
have highlighted the urgent need for new antimicrobial agents that might replace antibiotics …

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have been extensively used in various applications ranging from
environmental detection to biomedical applications. Due to their unique characteristics such …

Biothiols such as cysteine (Cys), homocysteine (Hcy), and glutathione (GSH) play crucial
roles in maintaining redox homeostasis in biological systems. This Minireview summarizes …

Heteroatom-doped carbon dots (CDs), due to their excellent photoluminescence (PL)
properties, attracted widespread attention recently and demonstrated immense promise for …

Distinct from conventional carbon nanostructures, such as fullerene, graphene, and carbon
nanotubes, carbon nanodots (C-dots) exhibit unique properties such as strong fluorescence …

Carbon dots (CDs)–small crystalline or amorphous carbon-based nanoparticles–have
attracted much attention as promising fluorescent materials for a wide range of applications …

Fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) have attracted much attention in recent years because of
their superior optical and chemical properties, thus demonstrating many potential …

Luminescent carbon-based nanomaterials have inspired tremendous research interests due
to their tunable optical properties as well as superior biocompatibility. In this review, distinct …