Advances in nanotechnology and nanomaterials have attracted considerable interest and
play key roles in scientific innovations in diverse fields. In particular, increased attention has …

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

Cysteine (Cys), one of three endogenous biothiols, is involved in a variety of biological
processes, such as protein and peptide biosynthesis, enzyme active sites and cofactors, and …

Quantitative detection of cancer biomarkers with higher accuracy and sensitivity provides an
effective platform for screening, monitoring, early diagnosis, and disease surveillance. The …

Due to the favorable biocompatibility, photostability and fluorescence emissions, carbon
dots (CDs) are being widely investigated as fluorescent probes. Current CD-based …

Carbon dots (CDs), a type of small, carbon element‐based nanomaterials, have found
numerous applications in many fields due to their outstanding properties like fascinating …

A kind of nitrogen doped carbon dots (N-CDs) was facilely fabricated from
polyethyleneimine and anhydrous citric acid, and which was adopted to develop a neoteric …

Illicit drug-related incidents such as traffic accidents and sexual assaults are gaining
epidemic proportions worldwide. Besides, there is the rampant use of drugs at some critical …

As one of the most promising carbon-based photoluminescent materials, carbon dots
(CDots) have recently attracted great attention for many potential applications owing to their …

Nanogels (Ng) are crosslinked polymer-based hydrogel nanoparticles considered to be next-
generation drug delivery systems due to their superior properties, including high drug …