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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Drug delivery with carbon-based nanomaterials as versatile nanocarriers: progress and prospects

SK Debnath, R Srivastava - Frontiers in Nanotechnology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With growing interest, a large number of researches have been conducted on carbon-based
nanomaterials (CBNs). However, their uses are limited due to comprehensive potential …

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 …

Nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems: an inspiring therapeutic strategy for neurodegenerative diseases

L Duan, X Li, R Ji, Z Hao, M Kong, X Wen, F Guan… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are common, incurable neurological disorders with high
prevalence, and lead to memory, movement, language, and intelligence impairments …

Betel-derived nitrogen-doped multicolor carbon dots for environmental and biological applications

R Atchudan, TNJI Edison, S Perumal, R Vinodh… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
An innovative, facile, low-cost and one-pot hydrothermal carbonization method was
developed for the synthesis of bright fluorescence nitrogen-doped carbon dots (NCDs) using …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon dots: an innovative tool for drug delivery in brain tumors

G Calabrese, G De Luca, G Nocito, MG Rizzo… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The pharmacological treatment of tumors of the central nervous system
poses major challenges due to the presence of physical obstacles, ie, the blood-brain …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing autophagy in Alzheimer's disease through drug repositioning

M Eshraghi, M Ahmadi, S Afshar, S Lorzadeh… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the biggest human health threats due to increases in
aging of the global population. Unfortunately, drugs for treating AD have been largely …