Carbon dots (CDots), an emerging class of photoluminescent materials, exhibit excellent
optical, electrical and chemical properties with many potential applications. Hetero-atom …

Carbon dots (CDs) have received an increasing amount of attention because of their
significant advantages in terms of low toxicity, chemical inertness, tunable fluorescence …

Heteroatom-doped carbon dot (CD)-reinforced flexible, antioxidant, and UV-resistant
polymeric thin films have been fabricated by a facile physical compounding strategy …

Carbon and graphene quantum dots are prepared using top-down and bottom-up methods.
Sustainable synthesis of quantum dots has several advantages such as the use of low-cost …

Banana peel is a common solid biowaste. This paper reports a sustainable synthesis of
carbon quantum dots (CQDs) from banana peel waste by a simple hydrothermal method …

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) as an emerging class of quantum dots (QDs) with advantages
such as good photoluminescence (PL) properties, easy synthesis routes, economical …

Hydrophilic nitrogen-doped carbon dots (HN-CDs) were produced by a simple hydrothermal
method from biowaste, dwarf banana peel. XRD, Raman spectroscopy, and HRTEM …

Fluorescent nanocarbons are well-proficient nanomaterials because of their optical
properties and surface engineering. Herein, Apium graveolens-derived carbon dots (ACDs) …

Quantum dots (QDs) exhibit unique physicochemical and optical properties that are suitable
for photovoltaic cells, light-emitting diodes, and optoelectronic devices; however, unlike …

Carbon dots, a class of zero dimensional nanomaterials have recently emerged as excellent
candidates for versatile applications such as bioimaging, catalysis, sensing and drug …