Red emitting carbon dots: surface modifications and bioapplications

D Benner, P Yadav, D Bhatia - Nanoscale Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum dots (QDs), and carbon quantum dots (CDs) in particular, have received significant
attention for their special characteristics. These particles, on the scale of several …

Carbon dots: Synthesis, characterizations, and recent advancements in biomedical, optoelectronics, sensing, and catalysis applications

R Lamba, Y Yukta, J Mondal, R Kumar… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanodots (CNDs), a fascinating carbon-based nanomaterial (typical size 2–10 nm)
owing to their superior optical properties, high biocompatibility, and cell penetrability, have …

A multifunctional nanocatalyst based on ultra-fluorescent carbon quantum dots for cascade enzymatic activity and stimuli-responsive chemotherapy of cancer

A Wibrianto, G Getachew, WB Dirersa, AS Rasal… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Clinical studies have switched from monotherapy to multimodal therapy due to the intricacy,
multiplicity, and unpredictability of malignant tumors. In this work, we report one-pot …

Development of two-dimensional functional nanomaterials for biosensor applications: opportunities, challenges, and future prospects

S Kizhepat, AS Rasal, JY Chang, HF Wu - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
New possibilities for the development of biosensors that are ready to be implemented in the
field have emerged thanks to the recent progress of functional nanomaterials and the careful …

Stimulus‐Responsive Nano‐Prodrug Strategies for Cancer Therapy: A Focus on Camptothecin Delivery

B Chu, H Deng, T Niu, Y Qu, Z Qian - Small Methods, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Camptothecin (CPT) is a highly cytotoxic molecule with excellent antitumor activity against
various cancers. However, its clinical application is severely limited by poor water solubility …

Molybdenum-oxo-sulfide quantum dot-based nanocarrier: efficient generation of reactive oxygen species via photo/chemodynamic therapy and stimulus-induced drug …

WB Dirersa, G Getachew, A Wibrianto, AS Rasal… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The fabrication of multifunctional nano-therapies has increased gradually to strengthen the
therapeutic performance and minimize adverse effects of traditional cancer treatment …

Defect-passivated metal halide perovskite quantum dots stabilized into biodegradable porous polydopamine nanoparticles for photothermal/chemodynamic/gas …

G Getachew, YC Tien, TC Kan, WB Dirersa… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein, we reported a one-pot synthesis of CsPbBr 3 quantum dots (QDs) passivated with
diammonium sulfide (NH 4) 2 S additive using the probe-sonication technique.(NH 4) 2 S …

Camptothecin-based prodrug nanomedicines for cancer therapy

H Jiang, RS Zhang, C Wang, J Yu, Z Guo - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Camptothecin (CPT) is a cytotoxic alkaloid that attenuates the replication cancer cells via
blocking DNA topoisomerase 1. Despite its encouraging and wide spectrum antitumour …

Preclinical Assessment of Enhanced Chemodynamic Therapy by an FeMnOx-Based Nanocarrier: Tumor-Microenvironment-Mediated Fenton Reaction and ROS …

WB Dirersa, TC Kan, G Getachew… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In recent studies, iron-containing Fenton nanocatalysts have demonstrated significant
promise for clinical use due to their effective antitumor activity and low cytotoxicity. A new …

Insight into the synthetic strategies of carbon dots and its Structure-Property interplay for Next-Generation technologies

S Liu, Y Xu, X Wang, H Zhou, T Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
After carbon nanotubes, carbon nanosheets, and mesoporous carbon materials, carbon dots
(CDs) have emerged. Due to theirs advantages such as easy synthesis, low cost …