Biomass-based carbon dots: current development and future perspectives

TC Wareing, P Gentile, AN Phan - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots have been considered as a solution to the challenges that semiconductor
quantum dots have encountered because they are more biocompatible and can be …

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 …

Evolution and synthesis of carbon dots: from carbon dots to carbonized polymer dots

C Xia, S Zhu, T Feng, M Yang, B Yang - Advanced Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the various synthesis methods to obtain carbon dots (CDs), the bottom‐up methods
are still the most widely administrated route to afford large‐scale and low‐cost synthesis …

Nanozymes: classification, catalytic mechanisms, activity regulation, and applications

Y Huang, J Ren, X Qu - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Because of the high catalytic activities and substrate specificity, natural enzymes have been
widely used in industrial, medical, and biological fields, etc. Although promising, they often …

Carbon dots: Synthesis, properties and biomedical applications

G Ge, L Li, D Wang, M Chen, Z Zeng… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dots (CDs) are a new type of carbon nanomaterial that have unique physical and
chemical properties, good biocompatibility, low toxicity, and easy surface functionalization …

Hetero-atom-doped carbon dots: Doping strategies, properties and applications

S Miao, K Liang, J Zhu, B Yang, D Zhao, B Kong - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDots), an emerging class of photoluminescent materials, exhibit excellent
optical, electrical and chemical properties with many potential applications. Hetero-atom …

Advances and perspectives in carbon dot-based fluorescent probes: Mechanism, and application

X Li, S Zhao, B Li, K Yang, M Lan, L Zeng - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the advantages of in situ, real-time, and non-destructive detection of target
molecules, fluorescent probes have become an indispensable tool in the fields of disease …

Small molecules derived carbon dots: synthesis and applications in sensing, catalysis, imaging, and biomedicine

A Sharma, J Das - Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2019 - Springer
Carbon dots (CDs) are the new fellow of carbon family having a size less than 10 nm and
attracted much attention of researchers since the last decade because of their unique …

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 …

Recent advances in carbon nanomaterials as electrochemical biosensors

R Kour, S Arya, SJ Young, V Gupta… - Journal of The …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In the last three decades, a lot of scientific research has been carried out in the field of
Carbon nanomaterials all over the world due to their significant electronic, optical …