Carbon dots as a new class of nanomedicines: opportunities and challenges

B Wang, H Song, X Qu, J Chang, B Yang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Precise nanomedicine has been extensively explored for efficient cancer imaging and
targeted cancer therapy, as evidenced by a few breakthroughs in preclinical and clinical …

Recent developments of Red/NIR carbon dots in biosensing, bioimaging, and tumor theranostics

MM Hussain, WU Khan, F Ahmed, Y Wei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) that exhibit near-infrared (NIR) emission are emerging nanomaterials
with potential for advanced biomedical applications due to their low toxicity, superior …

Lasing of carbon dots: Chemical design, mechanisms, and bright future

Y Zhang, S Lu - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are a new solution-processable laser material. They offer advantages of
non-toxicity, low cost, and high stability, making them attractive for the sustainable …

Mulberry‐leaves‐derived red‐emissive carbon dots for feeding silkworms to produce brightly fluorescent silk

J Liu, T Kong, HM **ong - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescent silk has promising applications in dazzling textiles, biological engineering, and
medical products, but the natural Bombyx mori silk has almost no fluorescence. Here carbon …

Highly efficient and high color rendering index multilayer luminescent solar concentrators based on colloidal carbon quantum dots

J Lin, L Wang, Q **g, H Zhao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Compared to the silicon-based photovoltaics, large-area luminescent solar concentrators
(LSCs) can be used as smart PV window for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs) …

Solvent‐controlled synthesis of highly luminescent carbon dots with a wide color gamut and narrowed emission peak widths

H Ding, JS Wei, P Zhang, ZY Zhou, QY Gao, HM **ong - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) have tremendous potential applications in bioimaging, biomedicine, and
optoelectronics. By far, it is still difficult to produce photoluminescence (PL) tunable CDs with …

Self-precipitation of highly purified red emitting carbon dots as red phosphors

X Meng, Y Song, Q **g, H Zhao - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Colloidal carbon dots (C-dots) have attracted a great deal of attention for their unique optical
properties. However, it is still a challenge to obtain highly purified C-dots without using …

UV–Vis–NIR full‐range responsive carbon dots with large multiphoton absorption cross sections and deep‐red fluorescence at nucleoli and in vivo

L Jiang, H Ding, M Xu, X Hu, S Li, M Zhang, Q Zhang… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs), with excellent optical property and cytocompatibility, are an ideal class
of nanomaterials applied in the field of biomedicine. However, the weak response of CDs in …

A review: Recent advances in preparations and applications of heteroatom-doped carbon quantum dots

X Kou, S Jiang, SJ Park, LY Meng - Dalton Transactions, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are widely used in optoelectronic catalysis, biological
imaging, and ion probes owing to their low toxicity, stable photoluminescence, and ease of …

Red/NIR C-dots: A perspective from carbon precursors, photoluminescence tuning and bioapplications

Y Jiang, T Zhao, W Xu, Z Peng - Carbon, 2024 - Elsevier
Red/NIR carbon dots (C-dots) have obtained enormous interest in last decade thanks to
their significant potentials in the biomedical fields. In this article, recent advancements on the …