Recent strategies to develop innovative photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy

TC Pham, VN Nguyen, Y Choi, S Lee, J Yoon - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

The emerging development of multicolor carbon dots

J Li, X Gong - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As a relatively new type of fluorescent carbon‐based nanomaterials, multicolor carbon dots
(MCDs) have attracted much attention because of their excellent biocompatibility, tunable …

Inorganic nanomaterials with rapid clearance for biomedical applications

X Wang, X Zhong, J Li, Z Liu, L Cheng - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Inorganic nanomaterials that have inherently exceptional physicochemical properties (eg,
catalytic, optical, thermal, electrical, or magnetic performance) that can provide desirable …

Carbon dots as a new class of nanomedicines: opportunities and challenges

B Wang, H Song, X Qu, J Chang, B Yang… - Coordination chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Precise nanomedicine has been extensively explored for efficient cancer imaging and
targeted cancer therapy, as evidenced by a few breakthroughs in preclinical and clinical …

Chitosan, alginate, hyaluronic acid and other novel multifunctional hydrogel dressings for wound healing: A review

N Yuan, K Shao, S Huang, C Chen - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wound healing is a complex project, and effectively promoting skin repair is a huge clinical
challenge. Hydrogels have great prospect in the field of wound dressings because their …

Small molecules derived carbon dots: synthesis and applications in sensing, catalysis, imaging, and biomedicine

A Sharma, J Das - Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2019 - Springer
Carbon dots (CDs) are the new fellow of carbon family having a size less than 10 nm and
attracted much attention of researchers since the last decade because of their unique …

Biocompatible carbon quantum dots for intelligent sensing in food safety applications: opportunities and sustainability

A Khan, P Ezati, JT Kim, JW Rhim - Materials Today Sustainability, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are widely used in various industries due to their non-toxic,
biocompatibility, antibacterial, and tunable photoluminescence properties. In particular …

Recent advances in synthesis, optical properties, and biomedical applications of carbon dots

S Anwar, H Ding, M Xu, X Hu, Z Li, J Wang… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs) are relatively new and one of the most propitious nanomaterials ever
known to humanity, primarily consisting of a carbonized carbon core with heteroatoms in …

Covalent Organic Framework Hosting Metalloporphyrin‐Based Carbon Dots for Visible‐Light‐Driven Selective CO2 Reduction

H Zhong, R Sa, H Lv, S Yang, D Yuan… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The visible‐light‐driven photocatalytic CO2 reduction is one appealing approach to
simultaneously mitigate the energy crisis and environmental issues. It is highly desirable but …

Carbon dots with red/near-infrared emissions and their intrinsic merits for biomedical applications

H Ding, XX Zhou, JS Wei, XB Li, BT Qin, XB Chen… - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
As a promising luminescent nanomaterial, carbon dots (CDs) have received tremendous
attention for their great potential in biomedical applications, owing to their distinctive merits …