Overcoming the blood–brain barrier for the therapy of malignant brain tumor: current status and prospects of drug delivery approaches

K Mitusova, OO Peltek, TE Karpov… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Besides the broad development of nanotechnological approaches for cancer diagnosis and
therapy, currently, there is no significant progress in the treatment of different types of brain …

Recent development of carbon quantum dots regarding their optical properties, photoluminescence mechanism, and core structure

KJ Mintz, Y Zhou, RM Leblanc - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon quantum dots (CDs) are a relatively new class of carbon nanomaterials which have
been studied very much in the last fifteen years to improve their already favorable properties …

A deep investigation into the structure of carbon dots

KJ Mintz, M Bartoli, M Rovere, Y Zhou… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
Since their discovery, carbon dots (CDs) have been a promising nanomaterial in a variety of
fields including nanomedicine. Despite their potential in this area, there are many obstacles …

Chemiluminescent carbon dots: Synthesis, properties, and applications

CL Shen, Q Lou, KK Liu, L Dong, CX Shan - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
As one of important approaches of light emission, chemiluminescence (CL) induced by
chemical reactions has evoked considerable interest for its potential applications in …

Insights into the newly synthesized N-doped carbon dots for Q235 steel corrosion retardation in acidizing media: A detailed multidimensional study

M Zhu, L Guo, Z He, R Marzouki, R Zhang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
N-doped carbon quantum dots (NCQDs) were synthesized by a hydrothermal method using
folic acid and o-phenylenediamine as precursors. The inhibition behaviour of the NCQDs on …

An overview on carbon quantum dots optical and chemical features

MG Giordano, G Seganti, M Bartoli, A Tagliaferro - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Carbon quantum dots are the materials of a new era with astonishing properties such as
high photoluminescence, chemical tuneability and high biocompatibility. Since their …

Recent advances and sensing applications of carbon dots

D Xu, Q Lin, HT Chang - Small Methods, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (C dots) with biocompatibility, brightness, stability against photoirradiation and
salt, and ease in preparation have become important materials for sensing and imaging …

Carbon dots: A future Blood–Brain Barrier penetrating nanomedicine and drug nanocarrier

W Zhang, G Sigdel, KJ Mintz, ES Seven… - International journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Drug delivery across the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is one of the biggest challenges in
modern medicine due to the BBB's highly semipermeable property that limits most …

Carbon dots as versatile nanoarchitectures for the treatment of neurological disorders and their theranostic applications: A review

M Ashrafizadeh, R Mohammadinejad… - Advances in colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of novel methods plays a fundamental role in early diagnosis and
controlling of neurological disorders (NDs). Blood-brain barrier (BBB) is the most …

Insight into the effect of particle size distribution differences on the antibacterial activity of carbon dots

B Sun, F Wu, Q Zhang, X Chu, Z Wang, X Huang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) have a profound effect on elimination of bacteria, fungi, and viruses, but
the lack of an exact mechanism to interact with bacterial cells limits their development …