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 …

The light of carbon dots: From mechanism to applications

B Wang, S Lu - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Photoluminescence (PL) nanomaterials are widely used by scientists because of their
important applications in optoelectronic devices and biomedicine, such as use in organic …

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 …

Deep red emissive carbonized polymer dots with unprecedented narrow full width at half maximum

J Liu, Y Geng, D Li, H Yao, Z Huo, Y Li… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development of high‐performance carbon dots (CDs) with emission wavelength
longer than 660 nm (deep red emission) is critical in deep‐tissue bioimaging, yet it is still a …

Antibacterial carbon dots: mechanisms, design, and applications

WB Zhao, KK Liu, Y Wang, FK Li, R Guo… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The increase in antibiotic resistance promotes the situation of developing new antibiotics at
the forefront, while the development of non‐antibiotic pharmaceuticals is equally significant …

The formation process and mechanism of carbon dots prepared from aromatic compounds as precursors: a review

S Xue, P Li, L Sun, L An, D Qu, X Wang, Z Sun - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescent carbon dots are a novel type of nanomaterial. Due to their excellent optical
properties, they have extensive application prospects in many fields. Studying the formation …

Phosphorescent carbon-nanodots-assisted forster resonant energy transfer for achieving red afterglow in an aqueous solution

YC Liang, Q Cao, KK Liu, XY Peng, LZ Sui, SP Wang… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Water-soluble red afterglow imaging agents based on ecofriendly nanomaterials have
potential application in time-gated afterglow bioimaging due to their larger penetration depth …

Optical properties of carbon dots in the deep‐red to near‐infrared region are attractive for biomedical applications

D Li, EV Ushakova, AL Rogach, S Qu - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) represent a recently emerged class of luminescent materials with a great
potential for biomedical theranostics, and there are a lot of efforts to shift their absorption and …

Bifunctional cascading nanozymes based on carbon dots promotes photodynamic therapy by regulating hypoxia and glycolysis

T Luo, H Yang, R Wang, Y Pu, Z Cai, Y Zhao, Q Bi… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) still faces great challenges with suitable photosensitizers,
oxygen supply, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, especially in the tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Surface states of carbon dots and their influences on luminescence

H Ding, XH Li, XB Chen, JS Wei, XB Li… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Luminescent carbon dots (CDs) have received increasing attention from many fields during
the past decade. Unfortunately, the luminescent mechanisms of CDs remain unclear due to …