A multifunctional chemical toolbox to engineer carbon dots for biomedical and energy applications

L Ðorđević, F Arcudi, M Cacioppo, M Prato - Nature Nanotechnology, 2022‏ - nature.com
Photoluminescent carbon nanoparticles, or carbon dots, are an emerging class of materials
that has recently attracted considerable attention for biomedical and energy applications …

Light of carbon: Recent advancements of carbon dots for LEDs

C Ji, W Xu, Q Han, T Zhao, J Deng, Z Peng - Nano Energy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
LEDs have become the solid-state lighting devices of the century and played significant
roles in relieving energy crisis. Thanks to their superior properties such as excellent …

The light of carbon dots: From mechanism to applications

B Wang, S Lu - Matter, 2022‏ - cell.com
Photoluminescence (PL) nanomaterials are widely used by scientists because of their
important applications in optoelectronic devices and biomedicine, such as use in organic …

Multifunctional TiO2/C nanosheets derived from 3D metal–organic frameworks for mild-temperature-photothermal-sonodynamic-chemodynamic therapy under …

X Han, C Zhao, S Wang, ZY Pan, Z Jiang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The sythesis of composite nanosheets with multiple functions remains signifcantly
challenging. In this study, we developed multifunctional H-TiO 2/C-PEG nanosheets as …

Emerging strategies in enhancing singlet oxygen generation of nano-photosensitizers toward advanced phototherapy

M Tavakkoli Yaraki, B Liu, YN Tan - Nano-micro letters, 2022‏ - Springer
The great promise of photodynamic therapy (PDT) has thrusted the rapid progress of
develo** highly effective photosensitizers (PS) in killing cancerous cells and bacteria. To …

Photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

M Lan, S Zhao, W Liu, CS Lee… - Advanced healthcare …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
As an emerging clinical modality for cancer treatment, photodynamic therapy (PDT) takes
advantage of the cytotoxic activity of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are generated by …

Plasmonic photothermal nanoparticles for biomedical applications

M Kim, JH Lee, JM Nam - Advanced Science, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances of plasmonic nanoparticles include fascinating developments in the fields
of energy, catalyst chemistry, optics, biotechnology, and medicine. The plasmonic …

Synthesis strategies, luminescence mechanisms, and biomedical applications of near-infrared fluorescent carbon dots

Y Wang, X Li, S Zhao, B Wang, X Song, J **ao… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) are widely used in biomedical imaging and cancer therapy due to their
excellent water solubility, low toxicity, satisfying biocompatibility, and good tissue …

Carbon dots as potent antimicrobial agents

X Dong, W Liang, MJ Meziani, YP Sun, L Yang - Theranostics, 2020‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Carbon dots (CDots) have emerged to represent a highly promising new platform for
visible/natural light-activated microbicidal agents. In this article, the syntheses, structures …

Carbon-based nanomaterials as an emerging platform for theranostics

KD Patel, RK Singh, HW Kim - Materials Horizons, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon-based nanomaterials include fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene and its
derivatives, graphene oxide, nanodiamonds, and carbon-based quantum dots. Due to their …