Research related to the development and application of luminescent nanoparticles (LNPs)
for chemical and biological analysis and imaging is flourishing. Novel materials and new …

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) as an emerging class of quantum dots (QDs) with advantages
such as good photoluminescence (PL) properties, easy synthesis routes, economical …

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a member of carbon nanostructures family which have
received increasing attention for their photoluminescence (PL), physical and chemical …

Nanotechnology is defined as the branch of science dealing with extremely small-sized
particles with a size in the range of 1–100 nm, which are termed nanoparticles. Due to the …

The exploitation of emerging quantum technologies requires efficient fabrication of key
building blocks. Sources of single photons are extremely important across many …

Diamond, a material marvelled for its strength, beauty and perfection, was first used to polish
stone axes in Neolithic times. This most ancient of materials is now being touted by many as …

Nanoscale carbon materials hold great promise for biotechnological and biomedical
applications. Fluorescent nanodiamond (FND) is a recent new addition to members of the …

Fluorescence bioimaging is a powerful, versatile, method for investigating, both in vivo and
in vitro, the complex structures and functions of living organisms in real time and space, also …

Nanodiamond (ND) is an allotrope of carbon nanomaterials which exhibits many
outstanding physical, mechanical, thermal, optical and biocompatibility characteristics …

We present a study of the charge state conversion of single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) defects
hosted in nanodiamonds (NDs). We first show that the proportion of negatively charged NV …