State-of-the-art developments in carbon quantum dots (CQDs): Photo-catalysis, bio-imaging, and bio-sensing applications

ME Khan, A Mohammad, T Yoon - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs), the intensifying nanostructured form of carbon material, have
exhibited incredible impetus in several research fields such as bio-imaging, bio-sensing …

The synthetic strategies, photoluminescence mechanisms and promising applications of carbon dots: Current state and future perspective

C He, P Xu, X Zhang, W Long - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs), a rising star in carbon nanomaterials, have attracted enormous attention
since their discovery in 2004. Up to now, a large number of approaches have been …

[HTML][HTML] Green carbon dots: synthesis, characterization, properties and biomedical applications

HH Jing, F Bardakci, S Akgöl, K Kusat… - Journal of Functional …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are a new category of crystalline, quasi-spherical fluorescence,“zero-
dimensional” carbon nanomaterials with a spatial size between 1 nm to 10 nm and have …

Evolution and synthesis of carbon dots: from carbon dots to carbonized polymer dots

C Xia, S Zhu, T Feng, M Yang, B Yang - Advanced Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the various synthesis methods to obtain carbon dots (CDs), the bottom‐up methods
are still the most widely administrated route to afford large‐scale and low‐cost synthesis …

Recent developments of carbon dots in biosensing: A review

C Ji, Y Zhou, RM Leblanc, Z Peng - ACS sensors, 2020 - ACS Publications
Early diagnosis of diseases is of great importance because it increases the chance of a cure
and significantly reduces treatment costs. Thus, development of rapid, sensitive, and reliable …

Carbon dots: Synthesis, properties and biomedical applications

G Ge, L Li, D Wang, M Chen, Z Zeng… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dots (CDs) are a new type of carbon nanomaterial that have unique physical and
chemical properties, good biocompatibility, low toxicity, and easy surface functionalization …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon quantum dots for biomedical applications: review and analysis

N Azam, M Najabat Ali, T Javaid Khan - Frontiers in Materials, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a new type of nano-carbons that are currently favored
over semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) because of their solubility, low toxicity, eco …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Green synthesis, biomedical and biotechnological applications of carbon and graphene quantum dots. A review

S Iravani, RS Varma - Environmental chemistry letters, 2020 - Springer
Carbon and graphene quantum dots are prepared using top-down and bottom-up methods.
Sustainable synthesis of quantum dots has several advantages such as the use of low-cost …

[HTML][HTML] Small molecules derived carbon dots: synthesis and applications in sensing, catalysis, imaging, and biomedicine

A Sharma, J Das - Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2019 - Springer
Carbon dots (CDs) are the new fellow of carbon family having a size less than 10 nm and
attracted much attention of researchers since the last decade because of their unique …