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 …

Clusterization-triggered emission: Uncommon luminescence from common materials

H Zhang, Z Zhao, PR McGonigal, R Ye, S Liu… - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract π-Conjugated chromophores have been investigated for many years and
successful theoretical models have been developed to explain their photophysical …

Design and fabrication of carbon dots for energy conversion and storage

C Hu, M Li, J Qiu, YP Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The emergence of carbon dots (CDs) has opened up an exciting new field in the science
and technology of carbon nanomaterials and has attracted increasing interest in recent …

Theoretical understanding of structure–property relationships in luminescence of carbon dots

J Yu, X Yong, Z Tang, B Yang, S Lu - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs) have excellent luminescence characteristics, such as good light stability,
high quantum yield (QY), long phosphorescence lifetime, and a wide emission wavelength …

Photonic carbon dots as an emerging nanoagent for biomedical and healthcare applications

YJ Chung, J Kim, CB Park - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
As a class of carbon-based nanomaterials, carbon dots (CDs) have attracted enormous
attention because of their tunable optical and physicochemical properties, such as …

Unveiling unconventional luminescence behavior of multicolor carbon dots derived from phenylenediamine

F Yan, J Li, X Zhao, X Gong - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fluorescence regulation of carbon dots (CDs) during their preparation has become a hot
research topic. In this work, multicolor fluorescent CDs with unconventional luminescence …

Carbon dots as an emergent class of antimicrobial agents

M Ghirardello, J Ramos-Soriano, MC Galan - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance is a recognized global challenge. Tools for bacterial detection can
combat antimicrobial resistance by facilitating evidence-based antibiotic prescribing, thus …

Carbon nanodots: a review—from the current understanding of the fundamental photophysics to the full control of the optical response

A Sciortino, A Cannizzo, F Messina - C, 2018 - mdpi.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are an emerging family of nanosystems displaying a range of fascinating
properties. Broadly speaking, they can be described as small, surface-functionalized …

Absorption and emission of light in red emissive carbon nanodots

N Soni, S Singh, S Sharma, G Batra, K Kaushik… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The structure–function relationship, especially the origin of absorption and emission of light
in carbon nanodots (CNDs), has baffled scientists. The multilevel complexity arises due to …

Multi‐Emission from Single Metal–Organic Frameworks under Single Excitation

HQ Yin, XB Yin - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Multi‐emission materials have come to prominent attention ascribed to their extended
applications other than single‐emission ones. General and robust design strategies of a …