BACKGROUND Semiconductor materials feature optical and electronic properties that can
be engineered through their composition and crystal structure. The use of semiconductors …

Fluorescent carbon nanoparticles or carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a new class of carbon
nanomaterials that have emerged recently and have garnered much interest as potential …

The advance of materials chemistry has influenced significantly the lifestyle of mankind. By
virtue of their fascinating physicochemical nature–including ultrasmall size (< 10 nm), rich …

The unique ability of carbon atoms to participate in robust covalent bonds with other carbon
atoms in diverse hybridization states (sp, sp 2, sp 3) or with nonmetallic elements enables …

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 …

The emergence of carbon dots (CDs) has opened up an exciting new field in the science
and technology of carbon nanomaterials and has attracted increasing interest in recent …

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 …

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a class of carbon nanomaterials that have recently gained
recognition as current entrants to traditional semiconductor quantum dots. CQDs have the …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201604436 well-developed polymer hole transport layer (HTL)
commonly used in optoelectronic devices has been used in CD-based electroluminescent …

As an excellent fluorescent nanomaterial, carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have the properties
of small molecular weight, small particle size, high fluorescence stability, no optical flicker …