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 …

Functional textile materials for blocking COVID-19 transmission

J Fu, T Liu, SS Binte Touhid, F Fu, X Liu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The outbreak of COVID-19 provided a warning sign for society worldwide: that is, we
urgently need to explore effective strategies for combating unpredictable viral pandemics …

Near‐infrared carbonized polymer dots for NIR‐II bioimaging

T Han, Y Wang, S Ma, M Li, N Zhu, S Tao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) or carbonized polymer dots (CPDs) are an emerging class of optical
materials that have exceptional applications in optoelectronic devices, catalysis, detection …

Multifunctional role of carbon dot-based polymer nanocomposites in biomedical applications: a review

R Pathak, VD Punetha, S Bhatt, M Punetha - Journal of Materials Science, 2023 - Springer
Carbon-based 0D materials have shown tremendous potential in the development of
biomedical applications of the next generation. The astounding results are primarily …

Disposal behavior of used masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Moroccan community: potential environmental impact

N Mejjad, EK Cherif, A Rodero, DA Krawczyk… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) levied on the Moroccan authorities to
increase their mask production capacity, which reached up to 12 million facemask units …

Carbon dots: types, preparation, and their boosted antibacterial activity by photoactivation. Current status and future perspectives

KJ Lagos, D García, CF Cuadrado… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) correspond to carbon‐based materials (CBM) with sizes usually below
10 nm. These nanomaterials exhibit attractive properties such us low toxicity, good stability …

Emerging biomedical applications of carbon dot and polymer composite materials

GO Adam, SM Sharker, JH Ryu - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Carbon dot-based composite materials have been extensively developed for versatile
biomedical applications, such as drug delivery, tissue engineering, bioimaging, biosensors …

Carbon-based quantum dots in fabrication and modification of membranes: A review

S Korkut, V Vatanpour, I Koyuncu - Separation and Purification Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
A scientific breakthrough in membrane technologies using nanomaterials drives the
development of new nanocomposite structures to improve processes. Carbon-based …

Recent breakthroughs in nanostructured antiviral coating and filtration materials: a brief review

MH Dahanayake, SS Athukorala, ACA Jayasundera - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
COVID-19 persists as the most challenging pandemic of the 21st century with a high rate of
transmission. The main pathway of SARS-CoV-2 transmission is aerosol-mediated infection …

Nanotechnology-enabled biomedical engineering: Current trends, future scopes, and perspectives

SS Ray, J Bandyopadhyay - Nanotechnology Reviews, 2021 - degruyter.com
Applications of nanotechnology in biomedical engineering are vast and span several
interdisciplinary areas of nanomedicine, diagnostics, and nanotheranostics. Herein, we …