LEDs have become the solid-state lighting devices of the century and played significant
roles in relieving energy crisis. Thanks to their superior properties such as excellent …

Carbon nanodots (CNDs) are the latest and most shining rising stars among
photoluminescent (PL) nanomaterials. These carbon-based surface-passivated …

Carbon dots (CDs) are usually smaller than 10 nm in size, and are meticulously formulated
and recently introduced nanomaterials, among the other types of carbon-based …

Growing global biowaste and its environmental issues challenge the need for converting
biowastes into a beneficial product. Among the biowaste, here kiwi fruit (Actinidia Deliciosa) …

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are fluorescent carbon nanomaterials with unique optical and
structural properties that have drawn extensive attention from researchers in the past few …

Carbon-based quantum dots (CDs) are mainly divided into two sub-groups; carbon quantum
dots (CQDs) and graphene quantum dots (GQDs), which exhibit outstanding …

Carbon dots (CDs), as a new type of luminescent zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterial,
have been applied in a variety of fields. Currently, functionalization of CDs is an extremely …

Carbon dots (CDs)–small crystalline or amorphous carbon-based nanoparticles–have
attracted much attention as promising fluorescent materials for a wide range of applications …

Fluorescent carbon nanomaterials have broadly useful chemical and photophysical
attributes that are conducive to applications in biology. In this review, we focus on materials …

Carbon dots have garnered significant attention owing to their versatile and highly tunable
optical properties; however, the origins and the underlying mechanism remains a subject of …