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 …

Electroactive biomaterials and systems for cell fate determination and tissue regeneration: design and applications

Z Liu, X Wan, ZL Wang, L Li - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
During natural tissue regeneration, tissue microenvironment and stem cell niche including
cell–cell interaction, soluble factors, and extracellular matrix (ECM) provide a train of …

Recent developments of carbon dots in biosensing: A review

C Ji, Y Zhou, RM Leblanc, Z Peng - ACS sensors, 2020 - ACS Publications
Early diagnosis of diseases is of great importance because it increases the chance of a cure
and significantly reduces treatment costs. Thus, development of rapid, sensitive, and reliable …

Recent advancements of solid-state emissive carbon dots: a review

W Xu, F Zeng, Q Han, Z Peng - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Solid-state emissive (SSE) carbon dots (C-dots) have attracted significant attention in last
decade due to their ability to enhance the physicochemical, photoluminescent 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 …

Carbon quantum dots and their biomedical and therapeutic applications: a review

MJ Molaei - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, nano carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have received increasing attention due
to their properties such as small size, fluorescence emission, chemical stability, water …

Crossing the blood-brain barrier with nanoparticles

Y Zhou, Z Peng, ES Seven, RM Leblanc - Journal of controlled release, 2018 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is one of the most essential protection mechanisms in the
central nervous system (CNS). It selectively allows individual molecules such as small lipid …

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 …

Recent advances in synthesis, optical properties, and biomedical applications of carbon dots

S Anwar, H Ding, M Xu, X Hu, Z Li, J Wang… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs) are relatively new and one of the most propitious nanomaterials ever
known to humanity, primarily consisting of a carbonized carbon core with heteroatoms in …

Chitosan/carbon quantum dot/aptamer complex as a potential anticancer drug delivery system towards the release of 5-fluorouracil

HS Zavareh, M Pourmadadi, A Moradi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, nanotechnology contributes diminishing side effects rather than traditional
therapeutic methods like chemotherapy. Thus, designing a biocompatible specific targeted …