Hydrothermal treatment of biomass feedstocks for sustainable production of chemicals, fuels, and materials: progress and perspectives

B Zhang, BK Biswal, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydrothermal process is an emerging technology that contributes to sustainable production
of biomass-derived chemicals, fuels, and materials. This technology uses hot compressed …

State-of-the-art of biomass-derived carbon dots: Preparation, properties, and applications

M Fang, B Wang, X Qu, S Li, J Huang, J Li, S Lu… - Chinese Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) have attracted considerable attention as a new type of fluorescent
carbon nanomaterial because of their excellent optical properties, biocompatibility, and high …

Application of carbon-based quantum dots in photodynamic therapy

A Karagianni, NG Tsierkezos, M Prato, M Terrones… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a non-invasive therapeutic modality that can treat a wide
variety of cancer types by means of photosensitizer drug, light, and oxygen. Due to …

[HTML][HTML] Properties, synthesis, and applications of carbon dots: A review

D Ozyurt, M Al Kobaisi, RK Hocking, B Fox - Carbon Trends, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) refer to a class of carbon-based nanoparticles with various subgroups
based on their crystallinity and morphology. CDs offer tuneable physical, chemical, and …

Functional carbon dots derived from biomass and plastic wastes

T Kuang, M **, X Lu, T Liu, H Vahabi, Z Gu… - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dots (CDs) have emerged as a promising class of zero-dimensional (0D) carbon
nanomaterials due to their outstanding photoluminescence and electrical properties, along …

Turning waste into treasure: multicolor carbon dots synthesized from waste leather scrap and their application in anti-counterfeiting

W Zhang, L Li, M Yan, J Ma, J Wang, C Liu… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Using biomass materials to prepare carbon dots (CDs) has received significant interest. As a
cheap and environmentally friendly material, waste leather scrap can be used for the …

Carbon dots: a review with focus on sustainability

J Ren, H Opoku, S Tang, L Edman… - Advanced Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) are an emerging class of nanomaterials with attractive optical properties,
which promise to enable a variety of applications. An important and timely question is …

Graphene quantum dots by eco-friendly green synthesis for electrochemical sensing: Recent advances and future perspectives

V Bressi, A Ferlazzo, D Iannazzo, C Espro - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The continuous decrease in the availability of fossil resources, along with an evident energy
crisis, and the growing environmental impact due to their use, has pushed scientific research …

Graphene biodevices for early disease diagnosis based on biomarker detection

Q Han, J Pang, Y Li, B Sun, B Ibarlucea, X Liu… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The early diagnosis of diseases plays a vital role in healthcare and the extension of human
life. Graphene-based biosensors have boosted the early diagnosis of diseases by detecting …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of graphene oxide and graphene quantum dots from miscanthus via ultrasound-assisted mechano-chemical cracking method

Y Yan, S Manickam, E Lester, T Wu, CH Pang - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Whilst graphene materials have become increasingly popular in recent years, the followed
synthesis strategies face sustainability, environmental and quality challenges. This study …