| Crossing the blood-brain barrier with nanoparticles Y Zhou, Z Peng, ES Seven, RM Leblanc Journal of controlled release 270, 290-303, 2018 | 776 | 2018 |
| Recent development of carbon quantum dots regarding their optical properties, photoluminescence mechanism, and core structure KJ Mintz, Y Zhou, RM Leblanc Nanoscale 11 (11), 4634-4652, 2019 | 409 | 2019 |
| Recent developments of carbon dots in biosensing: A review C Ji, Y Zhou, RM Leblanc, Z Peng ACS sensors 5 (9), 2724-2741, 2020 | 357 | 2020 |
| Nanoparticle-mediated targeted drug delivery for breast cancer treatment PY Liyanage, SD Hettiarachchi, Y Zhou, A Ouhtit, ES Seven, CY Oztan, ... Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on Cancer 1871 (2), 419-433, 2019 | 273 | 2019 |
| Triple conjugated carbon dots as a nano-drug delivery model for glioblastoma brain tumors SD Hettiarachchi, RM Graham, KJ Mintz, Y Zhou, S Vanni, Z Peng, ... Nanoscale 11 (13), 6192-6205, 2019 | 249 | 2019 |
| A deep investigation into the structure of carbon dots KJ Mintz, M Bartoli, M Rovere, Y Zhou, SD Hettiarachchi, S Paudyal, ... Carbon 173, 433-447, 2021 | 240 | 2021 |
| Size-dependent photocatalytic activity of carbon dots with surface-state determined photoluminescence Y Zhou, EM Zahran, BA Quiroga, J Perez, KJ Mintz, Z Peng, PY Liyanage, ... Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 248, 157-166, 2019 | 225 | 2019 |
| Polymers in carbon dots: a review Y Zhou, SK Sharma, Z Peng, RM Leblanc Polymers 9 (2), 67, 2017 | 170 | 2017 |
| Bone tissue engineering via carbon‐based nanomaterials Z Peng, T Zhao, Y Zhou, S Li, J Li, RM Leblanc Advanced healthcare materials 9 (5), 1901495, 2020 | 169 | 2020 |
| Carbon dots: promising biomaterials for bone-specific imaging and drug delivery Z Peng, EH Miyanji, Y Zhou, J Pardo, SD Hettiarachchi, S Li, ... Nanoscale 9 (44), 17533-17543, 2017 | 165 | 2017 |
| Polyethylene glycol (PEG) derived carbon dots: Preparation and applications Z Peng, C Ji, Y Zhou, T Zhao, RM Leblanc Applied Materials Today 20, 100677, 2020 | 139 | 2020 |
| Nontoxic amphiphilic carbon dots as promising drug nanocarriers across the blood–brain barrier and inhibitors of β-amyloid Y Zhou, PY Liyanage, D Devadoss, LRR Guevara, L Cheng, RM Graham, ... Nanoscale 11 (46), 22387-22397, 2019 | 116 | 2019 |
| Carbon dots: A future Blood–Brain Barrier penetrating nanomedicine and drug nanocarrier W Zhang, G Sigdel, KJ Mintz, ES Seven, Y Zhou, C Wang, RM Leblanc International journal of nanomedicine, 5003-5016, 2021 | 113 | 2021 |
| Phenylenediamine-derived near infrared carbon dots: The kilogram-scale preparation, formation process, photoluminescence tuning mechanism and application as red phosphors C Ji, Q Han, Y Zhou, J Wu, W Shi, L Gao, RM Leblanc, Z Peng Carbon 192, 198-208, 2022 | 109 | 2022 |
| Tryptophan carbon dots and their ability to cross the blood-brain barrier KJ Mintz, G Mercado, Y Zhou, Y Ji, SD Hettiarachchi, PY Liyanage, ... Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 176, 488-493, 2019 | 104 | 2019 |
| Carbon dots: diverse preparation, application, and perspective in surface chemistry Y Zhou, KJ Mintz, SK Sharma, RM Leblanc Langmuir 35 (28), 9115-9132, 2019 | 93 | 2019 |
| Carbon nitride dots: a selective bioimaging nanomaterial PY Liyanage, RM Graham, RR Pandey, CC Chusuei, KJ Mintz, Y Zhou, ... Bioconjugate chemistry 30 (1), 111-123, 2018 | 91 | 2018 |
| Synthesis mechanisms, structural models, and photothermal therapy applications of top-down carbon dots from carbon powder, graphite, graphene, and carbon nanotubes W Shi, Q Han, J Wu, C Ji, Y Zhou, S Li, L Gao, RM Leblanc, Z Peng International journal of molecular sciences 23 (3), 1456, 2022 | 80 | 2022 |
| Gel‐like carbon dots: Characterization and their potential applications Y Zhou, A Desserre, SK Sharma, S Li, MH Marksberry, CC Chusuei, ... ChemPhysChem 18 (8), 890-897, 2017 | 74 | 2017 |
| Pediatric glioblastoma target-specific efficient delivery of gemcitabine across the blood–brain barrier via carbon nitride dots PY Liyanage, Y Zhou, AO Al-Youbi, AS Bashammakh, MS El-Shahawi, ... Nanoscale 12 (14), 7927-7938, 2020 | 72 | 2020 |
Prof. Zhili PengAssociate Professor, School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, ChinaVerified email at ynu.edu.cn