The light of carbon dots: From mechanism to applications

B Wang, S Lu - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Photoluminescence (PL) nanomaterials are widely used by scientists because of their
important applications in optoelectronic devices and biomedicine, such as use in organic …

The emerging development of multicolor carbon dots

J Li, X Gong - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As a relatively new type of fluorescent carbon‐based nanomaterials, multicolor carbon dots
(MCDs) have attracted much attention because of their excellent biocompatibility, tunable …

The development of carbon dots: From the perspective of materials chemistry

S Li, L Li, H Tu, H Zhang, DS Silvester, CE Banks… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
The advance of materials chemistry has influenced significantly the lifestyle of mankind. By
virtue of their fascinating physicochemical nature–including ultrasmall size (< 10 nm), rich …

Carbon dots: a new type of carbon-based nanomaterial with wide applications

J Liu, R Li, B Yang - ACS Central Science, 2020 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs), as a new type of carbon-based nanomaterial, have attracted broad
research interest for years, because of their diverse physicochemical properties and …

The synthetic strategies, photoluminescence mechanisms and promising applications of carbon dots: Current state and future perspective

C He, P Xu, X Zhang, W Long - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs), a rising star in carbon nanomaterials, have attracted enormous attention
since their discovery in 2004. Up to now, a large number of approaches have been …

Mulberry‐leaves‐derived red‐emissive carbon dots for feeding silkworms to produce brightly fluorescent silk

J Liu, T Kong, HM Xiong - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescent silk has promising applications in dazzling textiles, biological engineering, and
medical products, but the natural Bombyx mori silk has almost no fluorescence. Here carbon …

Evolution and synthesis of carbon dots: from carbon dots to carbonized polymer dots

C Xia, S Zhu, T Feng, M Yang, B Yang - Advanced Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the various synthesis methods to obtain carbon dots (CDs), the bottom‐up methods
are still the most widely administrated route to afford large‐scale and low‐cost synthesis …

Full-color fluorescent carbon quantum dots

L Wang, W Li, L Yin, Y Liu, H Guo, J Lai, Y Han, G Li… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Quantum dots have innate advantages as the key component of optoelectronic devices. For
white light–emitting diodes (WLEDs), the modulation of the spectrum and color of the device …

Carbon‐based quantum dots with solid‐state photoluminescent: mechanism, implementation, and application

A Xu, G Wang, Y Li, H Dong, S Yang, P He, G Ding - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon‐based quantum dots (CQDs), including spherical carbon dots and graphene
quantum dots, are an emerging class of photoluminescent (PL) materials with unique …

Hydrophobic carbon dots with blue dispersed emission and red aggregation-induced emission

H Yang, Y Liu, Z Guo, B Lei, J Zhuang, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Carbon dots (CDs) have been studied for years as one of the most promising fluorescent
nanomaterials. However, CDs with red or solid-state fluorescence are rarely reported …