Recent Advances in Synthesis, Optical Properties, and Biomedical Applications of Carbon Dots

• Published in: ACS applied bio materials Vol. 2; no. 6; pp. 2317 - 2338
• Main Authors: Anwar, Sadat, Ding, Haizhen, Xu, Mingsheng, Hu, Xiaolong, Li, Zhenzhen, Wang, Jingmin, Liu, Li, Jiang, Lei, Wang, Dong, Dong, Chen, Yan, Manqing, Wang, Qiyang, Bi, Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 17.06.2019
• Subjects: phosphorescence; carbon dots; near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence; photodynamic therapy; bioimaging; photothermal therapy

Carbon dots (CDs) are relatively new and one of the most propitious nanomaterials ever known to humanity, primarily consisting of a carbonized carbon core with heteroatoms in organic functional groups attached. CDs show various fascinating properties, such as tunable excitation/emission, chemical in...