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

Carbon dots (CDs), as a new type of luminescent zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterial,
have been applied in a variety of fields. Currently, functionalization of CDs is an extremely …

In recent years, an increasing number of nanomaterials have been explored for their
applications in biomedical diagnostics, making their applications in healthcare biosensing a …

Cysteine (Cys), one of three endogenous biothiols, is involved in a variety of biological
processes, such as protein and peptide biosynthesis, enzyme active sites and cofactors, and …

The development of two-dimensional (2D) inorganic materials-based quantum dots (QDs) is
still in its infancy but is triggering immense enthusiasm due to their high chemical stability …

Fast technological progress has sped up the growth of telemedicine, mobile e-health
services, and healthcare monitoring, which, nowadays, are technologies in high demand in …

As an efficient method to improve the intrinsic properties of carbon quantum dots (CQDs),
doping CQDs with heteroatoms including nonmetallic atoms and metal ions recently receive …

Heavy metal ion pollution has threatened environmental and human safety. Therefore, there
is a remarkable demand to detect heavy metal ions in a fast, sensitive, and selective way …

The large number of deaths induced by carcinoma and infections indicates that the need for
new, better, targeted therapy is higher than ever. Apart from classical treatments and …

The application of fluorescent nanoparticles to the detection of inorganic ions and organic
compounds has been attracted wide attention recently. In this paper, an “off-on” method for …