Recent advances in the modification of carbon-based quantum dots for biomedical applications

A Alaghmandfard, O Sedighi, NT Rezaei… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon-based quantum dots (CDs) are mainly divided into two sub-groups; carbon quantum
dots (CQDs) and graphene quantum dots (GQDs), which exhibit outstanding …

[HTML][HTML] New strategies of neurodegenerative disease treatment with extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)

CP Palanisamy, JJ Pei, P Alugoju, NVA Anthikapalli… - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the progressive loss of neurons and
intricate interactions between different cell types within the affected regions. Reliable …

Carbon dots: a booming material for biomedical applications

W Su, H Wu, H Xu, Y Zhang, Y Li, X Li… - Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
As one of the most promising nanomaterials for biomedical applications, carbon dots (CDs)
hold great potential in the field of bioimaging, biosensing and biotherapy due to their low …

Synthesis, optical properties and applications of red/near-infrared carbon dots

Y Han, L Liccardo, E Moretti, H Zhao… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Compared to inorganic quantum dots, fluorescent carbon nanomaterials (C-dots) have
gained significant attention because of their unique optoelectrical properties and low toxicity …

pH-Responsive carbon dots with red emission for real-time and visual detection of amines

X Zhang, C Chen, D Peng, Y Zhou, J Zhuang… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Biogenic amines (BAs) from rotten food cause serious harm to sensitive people. Therefore,
the development of a smart label that can intuitively monitor the degree of food decay in real …

[HTML][HTML] Fluorescent carbon quantum dots: Synthesis methods, functionalization and biomedical applications

A Vibhute, T Patil, R Gambhir, AP Tiwari - Applied Surface Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs), a type of carbon material having size less than 10
nm and strong fluorescence is creating a new paradigm in the field of bioimaging and other …

Carbon dots-releasing hydrogels with antibacterial activity, high biocompatibility, and fluorescence performance as candidate materials for wound healing

F Cui, J Sun, J Ji, X Yang, K Wei, H Xu, Q Gu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibacterial hydrogels have received attention for preventing infections and for their
biomedical applications. However, traditional antibiotics-containing and metal nanoparticle …

Carbon dots for virus detection and therapy

J Belza, A Opletalová, K Poláková - Microchimica Acta, 2021 - Springer
Recent experience with the COVID-19 pandemic should be a lesson learnt with respect to
the effort we have to invest in the development of new strategies for the treatment of viral …

A carbon dot-based tandem luminescent solar concentrator

L Zdražil, S Kalytchuk, K Holá, M Petr, O Zmeškal… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are light-management devices and are used for
harvesting and concentrating solar light from a large area to their edges. Being …

Bi-doped carbon quantum dots functionalized liposomes with fluorescence visualization imaging for tumor diagnosis and treatment

P Zhu, Y Liu, Y Tang, S Zhu, X Liu, L Yin, Q Liu… - Chinese Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Liposomes are one of the significant classes of antitumor nanomaterials and the most
successful nanomedicine drugs in clinical translation. However, it is difficult to accurately …