Far‐red to near‐infrared carbon dots: preparation and applications in biotechnology

X Shi, H Meng, Y Sun, L Qu, Y Lin, Z Li, D Du - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As novel fluorescent nanomaterials, carbon dots (CDs) exhibit excellent photostability, good
biocompatibility, and high quantum yield (QY). Their superior properties make them …

Carbon dots: mysterious past, vibrant present, and expansive future

B Wang, GIN Waterhouse, S Lu - Trends in Chemistry, 2023 - cell.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are a vibrant subset of luminescent nanomaterials exhibiting structural
and physicochemical properties that make them an ideal platform for the development of …

Theranostic applications of carbon nanomaterials in cancer: Focus on imaging and cargo delivery

D Chen, CA Dougherty, K Zhu, H Hong - Journal of controlled release, 2015 - Elsevier
Carbon based nanomaterials have attracted significant attention over the past decades due
to their unique physical properties, versatile functionalization chemistry, and biological …

Synthesis and properties of carbon quantum dots and their research progress in cancer treatment

C Lai, S Lin, X Huang, Y Jin - Dyes and Pigments, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs), a new type of fluorescence carbon nanomaterials with
particle size varied from 2 to 10 nm, have attracted much attention due to their strong multi …

Carbon dots as advanced drug-delivery nanoplatforms for antiinflammatory, antibacterial, and anticancer applications: A Review

J Qi, R Zhang, X Liu, Y Liu, Q Zhang… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs), as rapidly developing nanomaterials, give new prospects for the
treatment of various diseases. Their great biocompatibility and wide specific surface area …

Fluorescent carbon dots are the new quantum dots: an overview of their potential in emerging technologies and nanosafety

MO Alas, FB Alkas, A Aktas Sukuroglu… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Springer
Carbon dots (CDs) have become a potential material for biosensing, drug delivery, and
bioimaging because of their strong fluorescence, for which they are referred to as …

Emerging theranostic applications of carbon dots and its variants

P Ray, P Moitra, D Pan - View, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, carbon dots (CDs), that is, carbon nanoparticles less than 10 nm in size with
unique molecular properties including photoluminescence, biocompatibility, and water …

Facile synthesis of multifunctional pharmaceutical carbon dots for targeted bioimaging and chemotherapy of tumors

J Wan, S Xu, J Li, M Yu, K Zhang, G Wei, Z Su - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Drug-derived carbon dots (CDs) not only have excellent photoluminescence properties of
CDs, but also maintain pharmacological effects of original drugs, so as to realize extended …

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 …

Carbon quantum dots in nanobiotechnology

H Behboudi, G Mehdipour, N Safari… - … for advanced biological …, 2019 - Springer
There has been an outburst of attraction in the use of nanoparticles and nanomaterials for
bioimaging, biosensing and other chemical and biological applications. At the leading edge …