Carbon dots: a new type of carbon-based nanomaterial with wide applications

J Liu, R Li, B Yang - ACS Central Science, 2020 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs), as a new type of carbon-based nanomaterial, have attracted broad
research interest for years, because of their diverse physicochemical properties and …

Green synthesis of carbon quantum dots and their environmental applications

V Manikandan, NY Lee - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Green synthesis of scalable, high-quality, fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) from
natural biomass remains attractive due to their outstanding environmental application. CQDs …

State-of-the-art of biomass-derived carbon dots: Preparation, properties, and applications

M Fang, B Wang, X Qu, S Li, J Huang, J Li, S Lu… - Chinese Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) have attracted considerable attention as a new type of fluorescent
carbon nanomaterial because of their excellent optical properties, biocompatibility, and high …

Properties and application of carbon quantum dots (CQDs) in biosensors for disease detection: A comprehensive review

M Pourmadadi, E Rahmani… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the areas of bioimaging and detection, biosensors have attracted extensive attention
recently. Specifically, biosensors based on nanostructures provide a more sensitive …

Carbon and graphene quantum dots: a review on syntheses, characterization, biological and sensing applications for neurotransmitter determination

S Tajik, Z Dourandish, K Zhang, H Beitollahi… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Neuro-transmitters have been considered to be essential biochemical molecules, which
monitor physiological and behavioral function in the peripheral and central nervous systems …

Recent advances in development of dendritic polymer‐based nanomedicines for cancer diagnosis

H Li, J Sun, H Zhu, H Wu, H Zhang… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dendritic polymers have highly branched three‐dimensional architectures, the fourth type
apart from linear, cross‐linked, and branched one. They possess not only a large number of …

Recent advances in the modification of carbon-based quantum dots for biomedical applications

A Alaghmandfard, O Sedighi, NT Rezaei… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon-based quantum dots (CDs) are mainly divided into two sub-groups; carbon quantum
dots (CQDs) and graphene quantum dots (GQDs), which exhibit outstanding …

Fruit and vegetable peels: utilization of high value horticultural waste in novel industrial applications

H Kumar, K Bhardwaj, R Sharma, E Nepovimova… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fruits and vegetables are the highly used food products amongst the horticultural crops.
These items are consumed uncooked, nominally cooked or fully cooked, according to their …

Food waste as a carbon source in carbon quantum dots technology and their applications in food safety detection

H Fan, M Zhang, B Bhandari, C Yang - Trends in Food Science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background In recent years, carbon quantum dots (CQDs) has received a lot of attentions
owing to their great physical and optical properties. There are different kinds of carbon …

Critical overview on the green synthesis of carbon quantum dots and their application for cancer therapy

LJ Desmond, AN Phan, P Gentile - Environmental Science: Nano, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer therapeutic systems can help to confront and overcome many different strands of
tumours in clinical patients. Despite the benefits, current therapeutic systems present clear …