Carbon dots in bioimaging, biosensing and therapeutics: a comprehensive review

B Wang, H Cai, GIN Waterhouse, X Qu, B Yang… - Small …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs), comprising crystalline graphitized carbon cores and polymer surface
groups, are currently attracting a lot of interest in biological fields owing to their fluorescent …

Antiviral potential of nanoparticles—can nanoparticles fight against coronaviruses?

S Gurunathan, M Qasim, Y Choi, JT Do, C Park… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Infectious diseases account for more than 20% of global mortality and viruses are
responsible for about one-third of these deaths. Highly infectious viral diseases such as …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon dots as potent antimicrobial agents

X Dong, W Liang, MJ Meziani, YP Sun, L Yang - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Carbon dots (CDots) have emerged to represent a highly promising new platform for
visible/natural light-activated microbicidal agents. In this article, the syntheses, structures …

Carbon-based nanomaterials: promising antiviral agents to combat COVID-19 in the microbial-resistant era

Á Serrano-Aroca, K Takayama, A Tuñón-Molina… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Therapeutic options for the highly pathogenic human severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causing the current pandemic coronavirus disease (COVID …

Carbon-based antiviral nanomaterials: Graphene, C-dots, and fullerenes. A perspective

P Innocenzi, L Stagi - Chemical science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The appearance of new and lethal viruses and their potential threat urgently requires
innovative antiviral systems. In addition to the most common and proven pharmacological …

Biomass-derived carbon nanomaterials for sensor applications

SJ Malode, MM Shanbhag, R Kumari, DS Dkhar… - … of Pharmaceutical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, an increasing amount of attention has been paid to utilizing dedicated waste
biomass as a sustainable, cheap, and abundant fuel and material source. There is a …

Glycyrrhizic‐acid‐based carbon dots with high antiviral activity by multisite inhibition mechanisms

T Tong, H Hu, J Zhou, S Deng, X Zhang, W Tang… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
With the gradual usage of carbon dots (CDs) in the area of antiviral research, attempts have
been stepped up to develop new antiviral CDs with high biocompatibility and antiviral …

Carbon nanodots: a review—from the current understanding of the fundamental photophysics to the full control of the optical response

A Sciortino, A Cannizzo, F Messina - C, 2018 - mdpi.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are an emerging family of nanosystems displaying a range of fascinating
properties. Broadly speaking, they can be described as small, surface-functionalized …

Graphene oxide and carbon dots as broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents–a minireview

A Anand, B Unnikrishnan, SC Wei, CP Chou… - Nanoscale …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to the increasing global population, growing contamination of water and air, and wide
spread of infectious diseases, antibiotics are extensively used as a major antibacterial drug …

Quantum dots: An emerging approach for cancer therapy

S Devi, M Kumar, A Tiwari, V Tiwari, D Kaushik… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nanotechnology is indisputably a scientific technique that offers the prospect of new
therapies, and hope, for the treatment of malignant illnesses. It is a novel technology that …