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 …

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 …

Carbon dots in bioimaging, biosensing and therapeutics: a comprehensive review

B Wang, H Cai, GIN Waterhouse, X Qu, B Yang… - Small …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs), comprising crystalline graphitized carbon cores and polymer surface
groups, are currently attracting a lot of interest in biological fields owing to their fluorescent …

Carbon dots: mysterious past, vibrant present, and expansive future

B Wang, GIN Waterhouse, S Lu - Trends in Chemistry, 2023 - cell.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are a vibrant subset of luminescent nanomaterials exhibiting structural
and physicochemical properties that make them an ideal platform for the development of …

Carbon Dots for Electroluminescent Light‐Emitting Diodes: Recent Progress and Future Prospects

Y Shi, W Su, F Yuan, T Yuan, X Song, Y Han… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs), as emerging carbon nanomaterials, have been regarded as promising
alternatives for electroluminescent light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) owing to their distinct …

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 …

Rational design of multicolor‐emitting chiral carbonized polymer dots for full‐color and white circularly polarized luminescence

Y Ru, L Sui, H Song, X Liu, Z Tang, SQ Zang… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐emitting chiral carbonized polymer dots (Ch‐CPDs) are attracting great interest
because of their extraordinary photonic properties, but modulating their band‐gap emission …

Carbon Quantum Dots with Near‐Unity Quantum Yield Bandgap Emission for Electroluminescent Light‐Emitting Diodes

T Yuan, F Yuan, L Sui, Y Zhang, Y Li, X Li… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) feature bright and tunable photoluminescence, solution
processability, and low toxicity, showing great potential in optoelectronics. However, the …

Precursor-dependent structural diversity in luminescent carbonized polymer dots (CPDs): the nomenclature

Q Zeng, T Feng, S Tao, S Zhu, B Yang - Light: Science & Applications, 2021 - nature.com
Carbon dots (CDs) have received immense attention in the last decade because they are
easy-to-prepare, nontoxic, and tailorable carbon-based fluorescent nanomaterials. CDs can …

Optical properties of carbon dots in the deep‐red to near‐infrared region are attractive for biomedical applications

D Li, EV Ushakova, AL Rogach, S Qu - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) represent a recently emerged class of luminescent materials with a great
potential for biomedical theranostics, and there are a lot of efforts to shift their absorption and …