State-of-the-art developments in carbon quantum dots (CQDs): Photo-catalysis, bio-imaging, and bio-sensing applications

ME Khan, A Mohammad, T Yoon - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs), the intensifying nanostructured form of carbon material, have
exhibited incredible impetus in several research fields such as bio-imaging, bio-sensing …

Carbon dots: Synthesis, properties and applications

L Cui, X Ren, M Sun, H Liu, L Xia - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are known as the rising star of carbon-based nanomaterials and, by
virtue of their unique structure and fascinating properties, they have attracted considerable …

[HTML][HTML] Fluorescent-based nanosensors for selective detection of a wide range of biological macromolecules: A comprehensive review

S Sargazi, I Fatima, MH Kiani… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thanks to their unique attributes, such as good sensitivity, selectivity, high surface-to-volume
ratio, and versatile optical and electronic properties, fluorescent-based bioprobes have been …

Green synthesis, biomedical and biotechnological applications of carbon and graphene quantum dots. A review

S Iravani, RS Varma - Environmental chemistry letters, 2020 - Springer
Carbon and graphene quantum dots are prepared using top-down and bottom-up methods.
Sustainable synthesis of quantum dots has several advantages such as the use of low-cost …

Biomass‐derived carbon dots and their applications

W Meng, X Bai, B Wang, Z Liu, S Lu… - Energy & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) have received much attention due to their superior properties including
water solubility, low toxicity, biocompatibility, small size, fluorescence, and ease of …

Preparation of a novel carbon dot/polyvinyl alcohol composite film and its application in food preservation

L Zhao, M Zhang, AS Mujumdar… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs) were synthesized with the facile hydrothermal method to produce
CDs/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) active food packaging films. The CDs had a diameter ranging …

[HTML][HTML] Recent trends in the use of green sources for carbon dot synthesis–A short review

M Kurian, A Paul - Carbon Trends, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon dots, a class of zero dimensional nanomaterials have recently emerged as excellent
candidates for versatile applications such as bioimaging, catalysis, sensing and drug …

Carbon quantum dots from natural resource: A review

R Das, R Bandyopadhyay, P Pramanik - Materials today chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a new class of fluorescence small carbon nanoparticles
with a particle size of less than 10 nm and have vast applications in the field of bioimaging …

Carbon quantum dots and their biomedical and therapeutic applications: a review

MJ Molaei - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, nano carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have received increasing attention due
to their properties such as small size, fluorescence emission, chemical stability, water …

Application of carbon-based quantum dots in photodynamic therapy

A Karagianni, NG Tsierkezos, M Prato, M Terrones… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a non-invasive therapeutic modality that can treat a wide
variety of cancer types by means of photosensitizer drug, light, and oxygen. Due to …