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 …

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 …

Deciphering the catalytic mechanism of superoxide dismutase activity of carbon dot nanozyme

W Gao, J He, L Chen, X Meng, Y Ma, L Cheng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Nanozymes with superoxide dismutase (SOD)-like activity have attracted increasing interest
due to their ability to scavenge superoxide anion, the origin of most reactive oxygen species …

Zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials for fluorescent sensing and imaging

Z Yang, T Xu, H Li, M She, J Chen, Z Wang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Advances in nanotechnology and nanomaterials have attracted considerable interest and
play key roles in scientific innovations in diverse fields. In particular, increased attention has …

Overcoming barriers in photodynamic therapy harnessing nano-formulation strategies

J Xie, Y Wang, W Choi, P Jangili, Y Ge, Y Xu… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been extensively investigated for decades for tumor
treatment because of its non-invasiveness, spatiotemporal selectivity, lower side-effects, and …

Defect engineering of layered double hydroxide nanosheets as inorganic photosensitizers for NIR-III photodynamic cancer therapy

W Shen, T Hu, X Liu, J Zha, F Meng, Z Wu, Z Cui… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Although two-dimensional (2D) layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have been
widely used as efficient nanoagents for biological diagnosis and treatment, they have been …

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 …

The synthetic strategies, photoluminescence mechanisms and promising applications of carbon dots: Current state and future perspective

C He, P Xu, X Zhang, W Long - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs), a rising star in carbon nanomaterials, have attracted enormous attention
since their discovery in 2004. Up to now, a large number of approaches have been …

The recent progress on metal–organic frameworks for phototherapy

Q Zheng, X Liu, Y Zheng, KWK Yeung, Z Cui… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Some infectious or malignant diseases such as cancers are seriously threatening the health
of human beings all over the world. The commonly used antibiotic therapy cannot effectively …

Recent advances in nanomaterial‐based nanoplatforms for chemodynamic cancer therapy

SL Li, P Jiang, FL Jiang, Y Liu - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Triggered by the endogenous chemical energy in the tumor microenvironment (TME),
chemodynamic therapy (CDT) as an emerging non‐exogenous stimulant therapeutic …