Metal-doped and hybrid carbon dots: A comprehensive review on their synthesis and biomedical applications

N Tejwan, AK Saini, A Sharma, TA Singh… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) are the most promising candidates of the carbon family with superior
properties like ultra-small size, high aqueous solubility, low cytotoxicity, and inherent …

Ratiometric fluorescent nanoprobes for visual detection: Design principles and recent advances-A review

A Bigdeli, F Ghasemi, S Abbasi-Moayed… - Analytica chimica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Signal generation techniques for visual detection of analytes have received a great deal of
attention in various sensing fields. These approaches are considered to be advantageous …

Renal‐clearable nickel‐doped carbon dots with boosted photothermal conversion efficiency for multimodal imaging‐guided cancer therapy in the second near …

B Tian, S Liu, L Feng, S Liu, S Gai, Y Dai… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photothermal agents with absorption in the second near‐infrared (NIR‐II) biowindow have
attracted increasing attention for photothermal therapy (PTT) on account of their deeper …

Photoluminescence tuning in carbon dots: surface passivation or/and functionalization, heteroatom doping

L Li, T Dong - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dots (CDs) are an emerging fluorescent subclass of the carbon nanomaterial family
that have been perceived as a versatile new platform in an extensive range of applications …

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 …

Metal ions doped carbon quantum dots: Synthesis, physicochemical properties, and their applications

L Lin, Y Luo, P Tsai, J Wang, X Chen - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
As an efficient method to improve the intrinsic properties of carbon quantum dots (CQDs),
doping CQDs with heteroatoms including nonmetallic atoms and metal ions recently receive …

Ratiometric fluorescence and colorimetric detection for uric acid using bifunctional carbon dots

F Li, J Chen, J Wen, Y Peng, X Tang, P Qiu - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Iron, cobalt and nitrogen co-doped carbon dots (FeCo/N-CDs) were fabricated firstly by a
one pot hydrothermal method in this study. As well as exhibiting peroxidase-like activity, the …

Copper doped carbon dots as the multi-functional fluorescent sensing platform for tetracyclines and pH

J Guo, W Lu, H Zhang, Y Meng, F Du, S Shuang… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2021 - Elsevier
The copper doped fluorescent carbon dots (Cu-CDs) with excellent biocompatibility were
prepared from l-tryptophan and copper chloride as precursors through a facilely …

Synthesis and modification of carbon dots for advanced biosensing application

FT Wang, LN Wang, J Xu, KJ Huang, X Wu - Analyst, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
There has been an explosion of interest in the use of nanomaterials for biosensing
applications, and carbonaceous nanomaterials in particular are at the forefront of this …

A dual-signal fluorescent colorimetric tetracyclines sensor based on multicolor carbon dots as probes and smartphone-assisted visual assay

YJ Fan, ZG Wang, M Su, XT Liu, SG Shen… - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
The widespread presence of tetracyclines in the environment has raised concerns about the
potential risks to ecosystems and human health. The ratiometric fluorescence sensor for …