Carbon dots as a new class of nanomedicines: opportunities and challenges

B Wang, H Song, X Qu, J Chang, B Yang… - Coordination chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Precise nanomedicine has been extensively explored for efficient cancer imaging and
targeted cancer therapy, as evidenced by a few breakthroughs in preclinical and clinical …

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 …

Active targeting of gold nanoparticles as cancer therapeutics

ZR Goddard, MJ Marín, DA Russell… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are of increasing interest for their unique properties and their
biocompatability, minimal toxicity, multivalency and size tunability make them exciting drug …

Recent progress on the photocatalysis of carbon dots: Classification, mechanism and applications

M Han, S Zhu, S Lu, Y Song, T Feng, S Tao, J Liu… - Nano Today, 2018 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of science and technology, environmental pollution and energy
shortage become more and more prominent. To solve these problems, photocatalytic …

Carbon dots: from synthesis to unraveling the fluorescence mechanism

M Alafeef, I Srivastava, T Aditya, D Pan - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) being a new type of carbon‐based nanomaterial have attracted intensive
interest from researchers owing to their excellent biophysical properties. CDs are a class of …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress of carbon dots in targeted bioimaging and cancer therapy

CL Shen, HR Liu, Q Lou, F Wang, KK Liu, L Dong… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Carbon dots (CDs), as one new class of carbon nanomaterials with various structure and
extraordinary physicochemical properties, have attracted tremendous interest for their …

[PDF][PDF] Preparation of a pH‐responsive chitosan‐montmorillonite‐nitrogen‐doped carbon quantum dots nanocarrier for attenuating doxorubicin limitations in cancer …

E Rahmani, M Pourmadadi… - Engineering in Life …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite its widespread usage as a chemotherapy drug in cancer treatment, doxorubicin
(DOX) has limitations such as short in vivo circulation time, low solubility, and poor …

Carbon dots: biomacromolecule interaction, bioimaging and nanomedicine

Z Peng, X Han, S Li, AO Al-Youbi… - Coordination chemistry …, 2017 - Elsevier
Carbon dots, a recent member of the renowned carbon-based nanomaterials family, have
attracted significant interest from various fields. The extraordinary properties, including …

Dacarbazine-primed carbon quantum dots coated with breast cancer cell-derived exosomes for improved breast cancer therapy

P Tiwari, RP Shukla, K Yadav, N Singh… - Journal of Controlled …, 2024 - Elsevier
Imprecise targeting of chemotherapeutic drugs often leads to severe toxicity during breast
cancer therapy. To address this issue, we have devised a strategy to load dacarbazine (DC) …

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 …