Carbon dot therapeutic platforms: administration, distribution, metabolism, excretion, toxicity, and therapeutic potential

A Truskewycz, H Yin, N Halberg, DTH Lai, AS Ball… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasmall nanoparticles are often grouped under the broad umbrella term of “nanoparticles”
when reported in the literature. However, for biomedical applications, their small sizes give …

Carbon dots: from synthesis to unraveling the fluorescence mechanism

M Alafeef, I Srivastava, T Aditya, D Pan - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) being a new type of carbon‐based nanomaterial have attracted intensive
interest from researchers owing to their excellent biophysical properties. CDs are a class of …

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 …

Drug delivery with carbon-based nanomaterials as versatile nanocarriers: progress and prospects

SK Debnath, R Srivastava - Frontiers in Nanotechnology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With growing interest, a large number of researches have been conducted on carbon-based
nanomaterials (CBNs). However, their uses are limited due to comprehensive potential …

Unraveling the Fluorescence Mechanism of Carbon Dots with Sub-Single-Particle Resolution

HA Nguyen, I Srivastava, D Pan, M Gruebele - Acs Nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Unlike quantum dots, photophysical properties of carbon dots (CDs) are not strongly
correlated with particle size. The origin of CD photoluminescence has been related to sp2 …

Recent developments of Red/NIR carbon dots in biosensing, bioimaging, and tumor theranostics

MM Hussain, WU Khan, F Ahmed, Y Wei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) that exhibit near-infrared (NIR) emission are emerging nanomaterials
with potential for advanced biomedical applications due to their low toxicity, superior …

Carbon nanotubes, graphene, and carbon dots as electrochemical biosensing composites

RR Pandey, CC Chusuei - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) have been extensively used as electrochemical sensing
composites due to their interesting chemical, electronic, and mechanical properties giving …

Endogenous fluorescence carbon dots derived from food items

H Wang, W Su, M Tan - The Innovation, 2020 - cell.com
Background Fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) are a novel class of carbon-based
nanomaterials that were discovered in 2004. However, nobody knew that CDs existed in …

Are carbon dots worth the tremendous attention it is getting: challenges and opportunities

S Mandal, P Das - Applied Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last decade, research on 'carbon dot'(CD) has grown exponentially with its
exhilarating aspects in biomedical, environmental remediation, energy-related applications …

Carbon dots with tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications

N Farshidfar, S Fooladi, MH Nematollahi, S Iravani - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dots (CDs) with unique physicochemical features such as exceptional
biocompatibility, low cost, eco-friendliness, abundant functional groups (eg, amino, hydroxyl …