As one of the most concerned issues of public health and food safety, food pollution has
attracted great attention. The low-cost, reliable and efficient warning-early of food pollutants …

In this review we present new concepts and recent progress in the application of
semiconductor quantum dots (QD) as labels in two important areas of biology, bioimaging …

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are emerging nanostructures which consist of carbon atoms
and are typically below 10 nm in size. The CQDs are almost surface passivated or are …

As one of the most promising nanomaterials for biomedical applications, carbon dots (CDs)
hold great potential in the field of bioimaging, biosensing and biotherapy due to their low …

The environmentally important toxic metal, cadmium, exists as the Cd 2+ ion in biological
systems, and in this state structurally resembles Ca 2+. Thus, although cadmium exerts a …

Manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) are increasingly produced and used in consumer
goods, yet our knowledge regarding their environmental risks is limited. Environmental risks …

Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have been developed as promising optical probes for
bioimaging due to their excellent photoluminescent properties. Additionally, the …

Continuous monitoring of a variety of biomolecules and bio-relevant ions is of tremendous
importance in maintaining the physiological balance and evaluation of metabolic …

Graphene quantum dots (GQDs), among the graphene-based materials, possess distinct
physical and electrochemical properties, including nano size, large surface-to-volume ratio …

The development of 'green'technologies in nanoparticle synthesis is of considerable
importance to broaden their biological applications. Cadmium sulphide nanoparticles are …