Metal ions-doped carbon dots: Synthesis, properties, and applications

X Li, Y Fu, S Zhao, JF Xiao, M Lan, B Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Doping is an effective approach to regulate the physicochemical properties of carbon dots
(CDs) and has received increasing attention in recent years. After CDs are doped with …

Recent advances in synthesis, optical properties, and biomedical applications of carbon dots

S Anwar, H Ding, M Xu, X Hu, Z Li, J Wang… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs) are relatively new and one of the most propitious nanomaterials ever
known to humanity, primarily consisting of a carbonized carbon core with heteroatoms in …

Photonic carbon dots as an emerging nanoagent for biomedical and healthcare applications

YJ Chung, J Kim, CB Park - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
As a class of carbon-based nanomaterials, carbon dots (CDs) have attracted enormous
attention because of their tunable optical and physicochemical properties, such as …

Fluorescent carbon dots functionalization

BB Chen, ML Liu, CM Li, CZ Huang - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs), as a new type of luminescent zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterial,
have been applied in a variety of fields. Currently, functionalization of CDs is an extremely …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing autophagy in Alzheimer's disease through drug repositioning

M Eshraghi, M Ahmadi, S Afshar, S Lorzadeh… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the biggest human health threats due to increases in
aging of the global population. Unfortunately, drugs for treating AD have been largely …

Carbon dots: A future Blood–Brain Barrier penetrating nanomedicine and drug nanocarrier

W Zhang, G Sigdel, KJ Mintz, ES Seven… - International journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Drug delivery across the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is one of the biggest challenges in
modern medicine due to the BBB's highly semipermeable property that limits most …

Micro‐nanocarriers based drug delivery technology for blood‐brain barrier crossing and brain tumor targeting therapy

L Wang, Y Shi, J Jiang, C Li, H Zhang, X Zhang… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The greatest obstacle to using drugs to treat brain tumors is the blood‐brain barrier (BBB),
making it difficult for conventional drug molecules to enter the brain. Therefore, how to safely …

[HTML][HTML] Functionalized heteroatom-doped carbon dots for biomedical applications: a review

G Redondo-Fernandez, JC Canga, A Soldado… - Analytica Chimica …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon nanoparticles (CDs) have recently drawn a great attention in (bio) chemical
analysis, sensing and bioimaging owing to their photostability, water stability, minimal …

Carbon dots in biomedicine: A review

P Zhu, S Wang, Y Zhang, Y Li, Y Liu, W Li… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Despite the rapid development of science and technology, the effective treatment of cancer
still threatens human life and health. However, the success of cancer treatment is closely …

Unravelling the potential of graphene quantum dots in biomedicine and neuroscience

G Perini, V Palmieri, G Ciasca, M De Spirito… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconducting nanoparticles that have been gaining ground in
various applications, including the biomedical field, thanks to their unique optical properties …