A comprehensive review on planar boron nitride nanomaterials: From 2D nanosheets towards 0D quantum dots

S Angizi, SAA Alem, MH Azar, F Shayeganfar… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Moving from two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (2D h-BN) flatlands towards their
quantum sized zero-dimensional (0D) islands, as the newest member of the h-BN family …

Progress on boron nitride nanostructure materials: properties, synthesis and applications in hydrogen storage and analytical chemistry

PM Revabhai, RK Singhal, H Basu… - Journal of Nanostructure in …, 2023 - Springer
Recently, boron nitride nanostructures have proven to be promising materials in various
applications including catalysis, optoelectronics, sensors, electronics and biomedical …

Advanced nano boron nitride architectures: Synthesis, properties and emerging applications

RY Tay, H Li, H Wang, J Lin, ZK Ng, R Shivakumar… - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is an extraordinarily tough material that is chemically and
thermally resistant to extreme environments, uniquely electrically insulating yet possessing …

Excitation-independent carbon dot probes for exogenous and endogenous Fe3+ sensing in living cells: Fluorescence lifetime and sensing mechanism

P Lesani, SM Ardekani, A Dehghani, M Hassan… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ferric ions play significant roles in human bodily functions, since both overload and
deficiency can cause major physiological dysfunctions. Hence, engineering of sensitive …

Methods for preparation of hexagonal boron nitride nanomaterials

D Yang, P Dai, X Jiang, SM Alshehri… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) represents a promising inorganic compound, garnering
widespread attention for its unique combination of electrical insulation, thermal conductivity …

Tuning photoluminescence of boron nitride quantum dots via surface functionalization by femtosecond laser ablation

V Nguyen, L Yan, N Zhao, N Van Canh… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tuning the Photoluminescence (PL) properties of boron nitride quantum dots (BNQDs) is
crucial for determining PL mechanism and subsequently obtaining BNQDs with intense and …

From 2-D to 0-D boron nitride materials, the next challenge

L Stagi, J Ren, P Innocenzi - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The discovery of graphene has paved the way for intense research into 2D materials which
is expected to have a tremendous impact on our knowledge of material properties in small …

Conjugated carbon quantum dots: Potent nano-antibiotic for intracellular pathogens

SM Ardekani, A Dehghani, P Ye, KA Nguyen… - Journal of colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A common theme in the persistence of microbial infections involves intracellular survival of
microbial pathogens within host cells where they stay sheltered from attack by antimicrobial …

The Application of Green‐Synthesis‐Derived Carbon Quantum Dots to Bioimaging and the Analysis of Mercury (II)

Q Zhang, X Zhang, L Bao, Y Wu, L Jiang… - Journal of analytical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ginkgo leaves were used as precursors for the hydrothermal synthesis of carbon quantum
dots (CQDs), which were subsequently characterized by transmission electron microscopy …

Bioinspired quantum dots: Promising nanosystems for biomedical application

KRB Singh, V Nayak, P Sabui, S Mallick, J Singh… - Nano-Structures & Nano …, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconducting nanocrystals exhibiting a unique morphology and
morphology-dependent optical, electrical and biological properties. The synthesis …