The discovery of zero-dimensional carbonaceous nanostructures called carbon dots (CDs)
and their unique properties associated with fluorescence, quantum confinement and size …

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic due to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has
accelerated the search for innovative antivirals with possibly broad-spectrum efficacy. One of …

Converting CO 2 with various epoxides to cyclic carbonates is extremely important.
However, most of catalysts for such conversion either require complicated fabrication or are …

Photoredox-mediated Ni-catalyzed cross-couplings are powerful transformations to form
carbon–heteroatom bonds and are generally photocatalyzed by noble metal complexes …

The development of novel and effective metal‐free catalytic systems, which can drive value‐
added organic transformations in environmentally benign solvents (for instance, water), is …

Amine‐rich carbon dots (NCDs) have become promising nano‐aminocatalytic platforms in
organic synthesis. These nanomaterials can be effectively produced through straightforward …

Recently, carbon dots (CDs) have exhibited promising applications in the fluorescence
detection of various ions and biomolecules. In this work, one kind of nitrogen-doped CDs (N …

Carbon dots doped with boron and nitrogen atoms (B, N-CDs) were designed and prepared
by hydrothermal strategy using citric acid, urea and borax as raw materials. The structure …

Carbon dots (CDs) are a type of carbon‐based luminescent material with a zero‐
dimensional structure and a size of less than 10 nm, which are composed of sp2/sp3 hybrid …

Visible-light-responsive nanocarbon was systematically synthesized via a one-step
hydrothermal method, using citric acid and Congo Red; this nanocarbon exhibited visible …