A multifunctional chemical toolbox to engineer carbon dots for biomedical and energy applications

L Ðorđević, F Arcudi, M Cacioppo, M Prato - Nature Nanotechnology, 2022 - nature.com
Photoluminescent carbon nanoparticles, or carbon dots, are an emerging class of materials
that has recently attracted considerable attention for biomedical and energy applications …

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 …

Naturally sourced hydrogels: emerging fundamental materials for next-generation healthcare sensing

Z Wang, H Wei, Y Huang, Y Wei, J Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The flourishing development of flexible healthcare sensing systems is inseparable from the
fundamental materials with application-oriented mechanical and electrical properties …

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 …

Carbon dots: mysterious past, vibrant present, and expansive future

B Wang, GIN Waterhouse, S Lu - Trends in Chemistry, 2023 - cell.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are a vibrant subset of luminescent nanomaterials exhibiting structural
and physicochemical properties that make them an ideal platform for the development of …

Amide Covalent Bonding Engineering in Heterojunction for Efficient Solar-Driven CO2 Reduction

W Hou, H Guo, M Wu, L Wang - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Inefficient charge separation and slow interfacial reaction dynamics significantly hamper the
efficiency of photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Herein, a facile EDC/NHS-assisted linking …

Functional Group Modulation in Carbon Quantum Dots for Accelerating Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Z Liu, W Hou, H Guo, Z Wang, L Wang… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This study investigates the mechanism behind the enhanced photocatalytic performance of
carbon quantum dot (CQD)-induced photocatalysts. Red luminescent CQDs (R-CQDs) were …

Electron–phonon coupling-assisted universal red luminescence of o-phenylenediamine-based carbon dots

B Wang, Z Wei, L Sui, J Yu, B Zhang, X Wang… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Due to the complex core–shell structure and variety of surface functional groups, the
photoluminescence (PL) mechanism of carbon dots (CDs) remain unclear. o …

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 …

Solid‐state Fluorescence from Carbon Dots Widely Tunable from Blue to Deep Red through Surface Ligand Modulation

L Ai, Z Song, M Nie, J Yu, F Liu, H Song… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) find widespread attention due to their remarkable fluorescent and
electronic properties. However, aggregation‐caused quenching currently limits the …