Stephen A. Hill, Sadiyah Sheikh, Qiaoyu Zhang, Lorena Sueiro Ballesteros, Andrew Herman, Sean A. Davis, David J. Morgan, Monica Berry, David Benito-Alifonso and M. Carmen Galan

Nanoscale Adv., 2019, 1, 2840
DOI: 10.1039/C9NA00293F

Quantitative and biosafe modification of bifunctional groups onto carbon dots by click chemistry

Qian He, Zewen Wu, Jingxuan Li, Ruijiao Li, Liyun Zhang and Yaodong Liu

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2023, 11, 5094
DOI: 10.1039/D3TB00557G

Nanoparticles as suitable messengers for molecular communication

Luca Fichera, Giovanni Li-Destri and Nunzio Tuccitto

Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 22386
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR06999J

Nitrogen doped carbon dots for in vitro intracellular redox modulation via optical stimulation

P. Lagonegro, C. Marzuoli, G. Tullii, F. Rossi, C. Bellacanzone, E. Mancinelli, F. Turco, B. M. Squeo, M. Pasini and M. R. Antognazza

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2025, 13, 2029
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01698J

When rare earth meets carbon nanodots: mechanisms, applications and outlook

Mengzhen Zhang, Xinyun Zhai, Mingzi Sun, Tengfei Ma, Yongkang Huang, Bolong Huang, Yaping Du and Chunhua Yan

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020, 49, 9220
DOI: 10.1039/D0CS00462F

Mesoporous silica particles as a lipophilic drug vehicle investigated by fluorescence lifetime imaging

Sabrina Valetti, Jitendra Wankar, Marica B. Ericson, Adam Feiler and Ilse Manet

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017, 5, 3201
DOI: 10.1039/C7TB00198C

Solid phase extraction for the purification of violet, blue, green and yellow emitting carbon dots

Apostolos Koutsioukis, Antonios Akouros, Radek Zboril and Vasilios Georgakilas

Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 11293
DOI: 10.1039/C8NR03668C

A universal strategy to obtain chiroptical carbon quantum dots through the optically active surface passivation procedure

Xinyue Rao, Mengke Yuan, Huan Jiang, Ling Li and Zhongde Liu

New J. Chem., 2019, 43, 13735
DOI: 10.1039/C9NJ03434J

A novel carbon quantum dot-based fluorescent nanosensor for selective detection of flumioxazin in real samples

Snigdharani Panda, Arpita Jadav, Niranjan Panda and Sasmita Mohapatra

New J. Chem., 2018, 42, 2074
DOI: 10.1039/C7NJ04358A

Green fluorescent organic nanoparticles based on carbon dots and self-polymerized dopamine for cell imaging

Tianxiang Zhang, Hongwei Xu, He Wang, Jinyang Zhu, Yue Zhai, Xue Bai, Biao Dong and Hongwei Song

RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 28987
DOI: 10.1039/C7RA03493H

Uric acid detection via dual-mode mechanism with copper-coordinated nitrogen-doped carbon dots as peroxidase mimics

Yousef A. Bin Jardan, Mohamed M. El-Wekil, Mohamed R. Elmasry and Al-Montaser Bellah H. Ali

RSC Adv., 2025, 15, 13763
DOI: 10.1039/D5RA01797A

Presence and formation of fluorescence carbon dots in a grilled hamburger

Yao Li, Jingran Bi, Shan Liu, Haitao Wang, Chenxu Yu, Dongmei Li, Bei-Wei Zhu and Mingqian Tan

Food Funct., 2017, 8, 2558
DOI: 10.1039/C7FO00675F

Electronic interaction-enhanced NO photorelease and photothermal conversion in N-doped carbon dot nanoconjugates

Francesca Laneri, Cristina Parisi, Marta Maria Natile and Salvatore Sortino

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12, 11817
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01264J

Recent progress in carbon quantum dots: synthesis, properties and applications in photocatalysis

Ru Wang, Kang-Qiang Lu, Zi-Rong Tang and Yi-Jun Xu

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 3717
DOI: 10.1039/C6TA08660H

Cytotoxicity and cell imaging of six types of carbon nanodots prepared through carbonization and hydrothermal processing of natural plant materials

Yu-Yu Chen, Wen-Ping Jiang, Huan-Luen Chen, Hui-Chi Huang, Guan-Jhong Huang, Hsiu-Mei Chiang, Chang-Cheng Chang, Cheng-Liang Huang and Tzong-Yuan Juang

RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 16661
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA01318A

Carbon nanospecies affecting amyloid formation

M. Holubova, R. Konefał, Z. Moravkova, A. Zhigunov, J. Svoboda, O. Pop-Georgievski, J. Hromadkova, O. Groborz, P. Stepanek and M. Hruby

RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 53887
DOI: 10.1039/C7RA11296C

“Where does the fluorescing moiety reside in a carbon dot?” – Investigations based on fluorescence anisotropy decay and resonance energy transfer dynamics

Ananya Das, Debjit Roy, Chayan K. De and Prasun K. Mandal

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 2251
DOI: 10.1039/C7CP07411E

An active structure preservation method for developing functional graphitic carbon dots as an effective antibacterial agent and a sensitive pH and Al(iii) nanosensor

Peng Hou, Tong Yang, Hui Liu, Yuan Fang Li and Cheng Zhi Huang

Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 17334
DOI: 10.1039/C7NR05539K

Fluorescent probe based on N-doped carbon dots for the detection of intracellular pH and glutathione

Meihua Lin, Xin Ma, Shijun Lin, Xiaojin Zhang, Yu Dai and Fan Xia

RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 33635
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA06636B

Energy-level engineering of carbon dots through a post-synthetic treatment with acids and amines

Kseniia D. Kosolapova, Aleksandra V. Koroleva, Irina A. Arefina, Mikhail D. Miruschenko, Sergei A. Cherevkov, Igor G. Spiridonov, Evgeniy V. Zhizhin, Elena V. Ushakova and Andrey L. Rogach

Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 8845
DOI: 10.1039/D3NR00377A

EDTA-bonded multi-connected carbon-dots and their Eu3+ complex: preparation and optical properties

Tianhao Ji, Peidong Fan, Xueli Li, Zhipeng Mei, Yongyun Mao and Yanqing Tian

RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 10645
DOI: 10.1039/C9RA01521C

Carbon dot/inorganic nanomaterial composites

Qingqing Xu, Huawei Cai, Wenjing Li, Min Wu, Yongzhong Wu and Xiao Gong

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 14709
DOI: 10.1039/D2TA02628G

Small variations in reaction conditions tune carbon dot fluorescence

Teodoro Garcia-Millan, Thomas A. Swift, David J. Morgan, Robert L. Harniman, Benjamin Masheder, Stephen Hughes, Sean A. Davis, Thomas A. A. Oliver and M. Carmen Galan

Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 6930
DOI: 10.1039/D2NR01306A

Comprehensive advances in the synthesis, fluorescence mechanism and multifunctional applications of red-emitting carbon nanomaterials

Tuhin Mandal, Shiv Rag Mishra and Vikram Singh

Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 5717
DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00447C

Gadolinium-doped carbon dots derived from peanut shell waste for bioimaging applications

Federica Mancini, Arianna Menichetti, Alessio Adamiano, Marco Montalti, Konstantin Paliienko, Alain Géloën, Vladimir Lysenko and Michele Iafisco

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2025, 13, 13048
DOI: 10.1039/D5TB01420D

Red emissive carbon dots: a promising next-generation material with intracellular applicability

Khushboo Warjurkar, Satyajit Panda and Vinay Sharma

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2023, 11, 8848
DOI: 10.1039/D3TB01378B

Afterglow of carbon dots: mechanism, strategy and applications

Kai Jiang, Yuhui Wang, Zhongjun Li and Hengwei Lin

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4, 386
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00578A

Fluorescence quenching mechanism and the application of green carbon nanodots in the detection of heavy metal ions: a review

Anithadevi Sekar, Rakhi Yadav and Nivetha Basavaraj

New J. Chem., 2021, 45, 2326
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ04878J

Perspectives on plasma-assisted synthesis of N-doped nanoparticles as nanopesticides for pest control in crops

Quoc Hue Pho, Dusan Losic, Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov, Nam Nghiep Tran and Volker Hessel

React. Chem. Eng., 2020, 5, 1374
DOI: 10.1039/D0RE00069H

Carbon dot composites for bioapplications: a review

Jiajia Wu, Gonglin Chen, Yinnong Jia, Chunyu Ji, Yuting Wang, Yiqun Zhou, Roger M. Leblanc and Zhili Peng

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2022, 10, 843
DOI: 10.1039/D1TB02446A

Catalysis with carbon nanoparticles

Caterina Testa, Agatino Zammataro, Andrea Pappalardo and Giuseppe Trusso Sfrazzetto

RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 27659
DOI: 10.1039/C9RA05689K

Yeast powder derived carbon quantum dots for dopamine detection and living cell imaging

Xue Cao, Congying Shao, Cheng Zhang, Mengna Liang, Yongxiang Wang, Jun Cheng and Shun Lu

Anal. Methods, 2022, 14, 1342
DOI: 10.1039/D2AY00231K

One-step hydrothermal synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon dots as a super selective and sensitive probe for sensing metronidazole in multiple samples

Jinyan Du, Chaofeng Wang, Pingchuan Yuan, Qin Shu, Na Xu, Ying Yang, Shuangqing Qi, Yin Ye and Changqing Zhu

Anal. Methods, 2021, 13, 4652
DOI: 10.1039/D1AY01009C

Acid anhydride coated carbon nanodots: activated platforms for engineering clicked (bio)nanoconstructs

Mariano Ortega-Muñoz, Paula Vargas-Navarro, Fernando Hernandez-Mateo, Alfonso Salinas-Castillo, Luis Fermin Capitan-Vallvey, Simona Plesselova, Rafael Salto-Gonzalez, M. Dolores Giron-Gonzalez, Francisco Javier Lopez-Jaramillo and Francisco Santoyo-Gonzalez

Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 7850
DOI: 10.1039/C8NR09459D

Carbon-based designer and programmable fluorescent quantum dots for targeted biological and biomedical applications

Ketki Barve, Udisha Singh, Pankaj Yadav and Dhiraj Bhatia

Mater. Chem. Front., 2023, 7, 1781
DOI: 10.1039/D2QM01287A

Water stable, red emitting, carbon nanoparticles stimulate 3D cell invasion via clathrin-mediated endocytic uptake

Udisha Singh, Aditya Guduru Teja, Shanka Walia, Payal Vaswani, Sameer Dalvi and Dhiraj Bhatia

Nanoscale Adv., 2022, 4, 1375
DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00813G

Superior thermal cycling stability of a carbon dots@NaBiF4 nanocomposite: facile synthesis and surface configurations

Yeqing Chen, Jie Zhu, Haoyang Sheng, Ting Yu and Qingguang Zeng

Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 8680
DOI: 10.1039/D2DT00823H

Multicolor polymeric carbon dots: synthesis, separation and polyamide-supported molecular fluorescence

Bo Zhi, Xiaoxiao Yao, Meng Wu, Arielle Mensch, Yi Cui, Jiahua Deng, Juan J. Duchimaza-Heredia, Kasidet Jing Trerayapiwat, Thomas Niehaus, Yoshio Nishimoto, Benjamin P. Frank, Yongqian Zhang, Riley E. Lewis, Elaine A. Kappel, Robert J. Hamers, Howard D. Fairbrother, Galya Orr, Catherine J. Murphy, Qiang Cui and Christy L. Haynes

Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 2441
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC05743F

Zero-dimensional luminescent carbon dots as fascinating analytical tools for the treatment of pharmaceutical based contaminants in aqueous media

Tahir Rasheed, Muhammad Tuoqeer Anwar, Darim Badur Ferry, Amjad Ali and Muhammad Imran

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10, 12
DOI: 10.1039/D3EW00220A

A green emissive carbon-dot-based sensor with diverse responsive manners for multi-mode sensing

Xiaohua Pan, Yan Zhang, Xiaobo Sun, Wei Pan and Jinping Wang

Analyst, 2018, 143, 5812
DOI: 10.1039/C8AN01552J

Nitrogen-doped carbon dots encapsulated in the mesoporous channels of SBA-15 with solid-state fluorescence and excellent stability

Qing Chang, Shanshan Yang, Chaorui Xue, Ning Li, Yanzhong Wang, Ying Li, Huiqi Wang, Jinlong Yang and Shengliang Hu

Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 7247
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR01224A

Organic dots (O-dots) for theranostic applications: preparation and surface engineering

Amin Shiralizadeh Dezfuli, Elmira Kohan, Sepand Tehrani Fateh, Neda Alimirzaei, Hamidreza Arzaghi and Michael R. Hamblin

RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 2253
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA08041A

A rational design of carbon dots via the combination of nitrogen and oxygen functional groups towards the first NIR window absorption

Reza Umami, Fitri Aulia Permatasari, Diva Addini Maghribi Muyassiroh, Arum Sinda Santika, Citra Deliana Dewi Sundari, Atthar Luqman Ivansyah, Takashi Ogi and Ferry Iskandar

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 1394
DOI: 10.1039/D1TC04951H

Water-soluble green-emitting carbon nanodots with enhanced thermal stability for biological applications

Waheed Ullah Khan, Liying Qin, Abid Alam, Ping Zhou, Yong Peng and Yuhua Wang

Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 4301
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR09131F

Engineering the surface of carbon dots for enhanced photoluminescence and controlled plasmonic interactions

M. Reale, Z. Moussadjy, G. Buscarino, U. De Giovannini, A. Emanuele, M. Cannas, R. Cillari, N. Mauro, A. Sciortino and F. Messina

Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 9380
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR04476B

Measuring the refractive index and sub-nanometre surface functionalisation of nanoparticles in suspension

Niall M. C. Mulkerns, William H. Hoffmann, Javier Ramos-Soriano, Noelia de la Cruz, Teodoro Garcia-Millan, Robert L. Harniman, Ian D. Lindsay, Annela M. Seddon, M. Carmen Galan and Henkjan Gersen

Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 8145
DOI: 10.1039/D2NR00120A

Unveiling heteroatom-containing carbon dots from soil bacterial extracellular metabolites and their application in toxic Cr6+ detection

Neeharika Baruah, Pallabi Paul, Gourav Bhattacharjee, Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara and Lal Mohan Kundu

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2026, 13, 364
DOI: 10.1039/D5EN00823A

Near-infrared emitting dual-stimuli-responsive carbon dots from endogenous bile pigments

Parinaz Fathi, Parikshit Moitra, Madeleine M. McDonald, Mandy B. Esch and Dipanjan Pan

Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 13487
DOI: 10.1039/D1NR01295A

Multivalent mesoporous silica nanoparticles photo-delivering nitric oxide with carbon dots as fluorescence reporters

Damien Afonso, Sabrina Valetti, Aurore Fraix, Claudia Bascetta, Salvatore Petralia, Sabrina Conoci, Adam Feiler and Salvatore Sortino

Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 13404
DOI: 10.1039/C7NR04832G

Hydrothermally activated TiO2 nanoparticles with a C-dot/g-C3N4 heterostructure for photocatalytic enhancement

Zhong-yi Chen, Tian-hao Ji, Zhe-mi Xu, Peiyuan Guan and Da-jian Jv

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 4089
DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00213A

Acetone-derived luminescent polymer dots: a facile and low-cost synthesis leads to remarkable photophysical properties

Sebastian G. Mucha, Lucyna Firlej, Jean-Louis Bantignies, Andrzej Żak, Marek Samoć and Katarzyna Matczyszyn

RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 38437
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA05957A

Synthesis and applications of amino-functionalized carbon nanomaterials

Marina Garrido, Lorenzo Gualandi, Simone Di Noja, Giacomo Filippini, Susanna Bosi and Maurizio Prato

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 12698
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC05316C

A carbon dots/rutin system for colorimetric and fluorimetric dual mode detection of Al3+ in aqueous solution

Chun Li, Jianru Zhao, Yanqiu Chen, Xiaoyu Wang, Xiaobo Sun, Wei Pan, Guifeng Yu, Zun Yan and Jinping Wang

Analyst, 2018, 143, 5467
DOI: 10.1039/C8AN00962G

A green synthetic route for the surface-passivation of carbon dots as an effective multifunctional fluorescent sensor for the recognition and detection of toxic metal ions from aqueous solution

K. Radhakrishnan, P. Panneerselvam and M. Marieeswaran

Anal. Methods, 2019, 11, 490
DOI: 10.1039/C8AY02451K

Red fluorescent carbon nanoparticles derived from Spinacia oleracea L.: a versatile tool for bioimaging and biomedical applications

Ketki Barve, Udisha Singh, Pankaj Yadav, Krupa Kansara, Payal Vaswani, Ashutosh Kumar and Dhiraj Bhatia

Mater. Adv., 2023, 4, 6277
DOI: 10.1039/D3MA00273J

Multifunctional bacterial imaging and therapy systems

Shuai Chen, Qiaoying Li, Xin Wang, Ying-Wei Yang and Hui Gao

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2018, 6, 5198
DOI: 10.1039/C8TB01519H

Sustainable carbon-dots: recent advances in green carbon dots for sensing and bioimaging

Vinay Sharma, Pranav Tiwari and Shaikh M. Mobin

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017, 5, 8904
DOI: 10.1039/C7TB02484C

Electron/energy co-transfer behavior and reducibility of Cu-chlorophyllin-bonded carbon-dots

Tian-Hao Ji, Xue-Li Li, Yongyun Mao, Zhipeng Mei and Yanqing Tian

RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 31495
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA04958A

Photodynamic Anti-Bacteria by Carbon Dots and Their Nano-Composites

Xiaoyan Wu, Khurram Abbas, Yuxiang Yang, Zijian Li, Antonio Claudio Tedesco and Hong Bi

Pharmaceuticals, 2022, 15, 487
DOI: 10.3390/ph15040487

Enhanced electrochemical performances of B/N co-doped carbon-covered FeS microspheres as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries

Yange Zhang, Hui Xu, Pinjiang Li, Wei Li, Hongwei Yue, Hao Li, Lijun Wu, Wenjun Fa, Qian Yu and Qian Guo

Ionics, 2024, 30, 1329
DOI: 10.1007/s11581-024-05368-w

Two-Birds-with-One-Stone Synthesis of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Fluorescent Carbon Nanodots from Dunaliella salina Biomass as 4-Nitrophenol Nanoprobes Based on Inner Filter Effect and First Derivative Redshift of Emission Band

Thomais A. Skolariki, Theodoros G. Chatzimitakos, Lamprini Sygellou and Constantine D. Stalikas

Nanomaterials, 2023, 13, 1689
DOI: 10.3390/nano13101689

Self-quenching-resistant fluorescent tunable sulfur quantum dots

Yueyan Zang, Jinxia Xu, Zhentong Lu, Chunhui Yi and Fanyong Yan

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2022, 648, 129361
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129361

Samarium, nitrogen co-Doped carbon dots for detection of Epinephrine: Theoretical and experimental

Jyoti Duhan and Sangeeta Obrai

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2025, 142, 582
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2024.07.063

Silica grafted with silanized carbon dots as a nano-on-micro packing material with enhanced hydrophilic selectivity

Tianpei Cai, Haijuan Zhang, A. F. M. Mustafizur Rahman, Yan-Ping Shi and Hongdeng Qiu

Microchim Acta, 2017, 184, 2629
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-017-2277-1

A Carbon‐Dot‐Based Fluorescent Probe for the Sensitive and Selective Detection of Copper(II) Ions

Xiaochun Zheng, Wenjun Liu, Qixiao Gai, Zhaoshuo Tian and Shoutian Ren

ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 2392
DOI: 10.1002/slct.201803584

Facile Synthesis of Fluorescent Hyper-Cross-Linked β-Cyclodextrin-Carbon Quantum Dot Hybrid Nanosponges for Tumor Theranostic Application with Enhanced Antitumor Efficacy

Mingliang Pei, Jui-Yu Pai, Pengcheng Du and Peng Liu

Mol. Pharmaceutics, 2018, 15, 4084
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00508

Electrochemistry of V4+/V5+ reaction on ionic liquid-derived catalytic carbon electrode materials for vanadium redox flow battery

Pitambar Poudel, Owen J. Curnow, Harikrishnan Raghavan, Chang Wu and Aaron T. Marshall

Carbon, 2025, 243, 120510
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120510

Formation of carbon quantum dots and graphene nanosheets from different abundant carbonaceous materials

Monikankana Saikia, Tonkeswar Das, Nikalabh Dihingia, Xing Fan, Luis F.O. Silva and Binoy K. Saikia

Diamond and Related Materials, 2020, 106, 107813
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2020.107813

Cane Molasses Graphene Quantum Dots Passivated by PEG Functionalization for Detection of Metal Ions

Ying Lou, Jianying Ji, Aimiao Qin, Lei Liao, Ziyuan Li, Shuoping Chen, Kaiyou Zhang and Jun Ou

ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 6763
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00098

Synthesis and Photoluminescence Mechanism of Multicolored Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanodots and Their Application in Polymer Self-Assemblies

Wenyuan Xie, Xing Yu, Tian Tian, Chenguang Jiang, Ming Yin, Weiming Wu, Yushan Liu, Shubin Wang and Defeng Wu

ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2022, 4, 4784
DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.2c00385

Nanomaterial-enabled drug transport systems: a comprehensive exploration of current developments and future avenues in therapeutic delivery

Shatabdi Basu, Pragnya Biswas, Mariya Anto, Nandini Singh and Koel Mukherjee

3 Biotech, 2024, 14
DOI: 10.1007/s13205-024-04135-y

Ultraspeed synthesis of highly fluorescent N‐doped carbon dots for the label‐free detection of manganese (VII)

Areef Mohammed, Yaku Gugulothu, Rajkumar Bandi, Ramakrishna Dadigala and Umesh Kumar Utkoor

J Chinese Chemical Soc, 2021, 68, 1514
DOI: 10.1002/jccs.202000545

Lignin-derived high-quality graphene quantum dots: Synthesis, mechanistic insights, and emerging applications

Zheyuan Ding, Kunye Zhang, Junzhong Xie, Cenkai Zhao, Haoyu Li, Yan Zhang, Min Wang and Mingbo Wu

Green Energy & Environment, 2025, 10, 2418
DOI: 10.1016/j.gee.2025.09.007

Synthesis, Characterization and Ecotoxicity Evaluation of Biochar-Derived Carbon Dots from Spruce Tree, Purple Moor-Grass and African Oil Palm

Kaory Barrientos, Maria I. Gaviria, Juan Pablo Arango, Jersson Placido, Sandra Bustamante, Martha E. Londoño and Marisol Jaramillo

Processes, 2021, 9, 1095
DOI: 10.3390/pr9071095

Fluorescence turn-off sensing of lead and gentamicin based on phosphorus and chlorine co-doped carbon dots

Yasaman Sefid-Sefidehkhan, Abolghasem Jouyban and Elaheh Rahimpour

Microchemical Journal, 2022, 181, 107753
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2022.107753

Engineering and Unlocking the Potential of Photoluminescent Carbogenic Nanomaterials in Antiviral and Anticancer Therapeutic Delivery, and Regenerative Medicine

Bommanahalli Nagaraju Kumara, Palraj Kalimuthu and Kariate Sudhakara Prasad

ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2025, 8, 7535
DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.5c01207

Photo-Fenton Degradation of AO7 and Photocatalytic Reduction of Cr(VI) over CQD-Decorated BiFeO3 Nanoparticles Under Visible and NIR Light Irradiation

Tao Xian, Lijing Di, Xiaofeng Sun, Hongqin Li, Yongjie Zhou and Hua Yang

Nanoscale Res Lett, 2019, 14
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-019-3206-5

Carbon Dots as Sensing Layer for Printed Humidity and Temperature Sensors

Almudena Rivadeneyra, José F. Salmeron, Fabio Murru, Alejandro Lapresta-Fernández, Noel Rodríguez, Luis Fermín Capitan-Vallvey, Diego P. Morales and Alfonso Salinas-Castillo

Nanomaterials, 2020, 10, 2446
DOI: 10.3390/nano10122446

Carbon-dot-based ratiometric fluorescent pH sensor for the detections of very weak acids assisted by auxiliary reagents that contribute to the release of protons

Weijian Liu, Chun Li, Xiaobo Sun, Wei Pan and Jinping Wang

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017, 244, 441
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2017.01.009

Design, Synthesis, and Functionalization Strategies of Tailored Carbon Nanodots

Francesca Arcudi, Luka Đorđević and Maurizio Prato

Acc. Chem. Res., 2019, 52, 2070
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00249

A fluorescence turn-down-up detection of Cu2+ and pesticide quinalphos using carbon quantum dot integrated UiO-66-NH2

Mihir K. Bera, Lingaraj Behera and Sasmita Mohapatra

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2021, 624, 126792
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126792

Nitrogen-/Boron-Doped Carbon from Poplar Powder and Carbon Nanotube Composite as Electrode Material for Supercapacitors

Xiaoyu Ren, Zhe Yuan, Yunhan Ma, Caiyan Zhang, Chuanli Qin and Xiankai Jiang

Energy Fuels, 2022, 36, 2841
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c04241

Converting fruit waste into carbon dots for bioimaging applications

P. Kaur and G. Verma

Materials Today Sustainability, 2022, 18, 100137
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2022.100137

Exploring Carbon-based Materials as a tailored platform for Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Reaction: A Review

Sobia Jabeen, Yaxi Li, Xin Wu, Yuanyuan Cheng, Yunliang Liu, Jingwen Yu, Naiyun Liu, Jun Huang and Haitao Li

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2025, 524, 216323
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2024.216323

Nanotheranostic Carbon Dots as an Emerging Platform for Cancer Therapy

Sumiya Adrita, Khandaker Tasnim, Ji Ryu and Shazid Sharker

JNT, 2020, 1, 58
DOI: 10.3390/jnt1010006

Deep eutectic solvent assisted synthesis of carbon dots using Sophora flavescens Aiton modified with polyethyleneimine: Application in myricetin sensing and cell imaging

Min Wang, Xun Kang, Linlin Deng, Min Wang, Zhining Xia and Die Gao

Food Chemistry, 2021, 345, 128817
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128817

Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Carbonized Polymer Dots as Fluorescent Probes for Temperature and Nitrite Ion Detection

Junmei Liu, Yu Zhang, Chunchao Wu, Han Zuo, Zhe Zhang and Xudong Yang

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2025, 8, 23326
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.5c05114

Nitrogen and copper (II) co-doped carbon dots for applications in ascorbic acid determination by non-oxidation reduction strategy and cellular imaging

Yushan Liu, Peng Wu, Xueyun Wu, Chunhui Ma, Sha Luo, Mingcong Xu, Wei Li and Shouxin Liu

Talanta, 2020, 210, 120649
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.120649

Exploring Green Practices: a Review of Carbon Dot-Based Sustainable Sensing Approaches

Kawan F. Kayani, Sewara J. Mohammed, Nian N. Mohammad, Mohammed K. Rahim, Muhammad S. Mustafa, Harez Rashid Ahmed, Wrya O. Karim, Mohammed K. Sidiq and Shujahadeen B. Aziz

J Fluoresc, 2025, 35, 9373
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-025-04254-6

Protein-derived carbon dots as green corrosion inhibitors for carbon steel in sulfuric acid solution

Qihui Wang, Ruozhou Wang, Xiaofeng Sun, Ruby Aslam, Xing Zhou, Qi Zhang, Chongkang Zhao, Yi Sun, Zhitao Yan and Xueming Li

Diamond and Related Materials, 2024, 145, 111135
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2024.111135

Adsorption and fluorescence detection of nonylphenol in soil samples by cotton fabrics coated with molecularly imprinted polymers/carbon dots

Sutita Pradub and Nisakorn Thongkon

Chem. Pap., 2022, 76, 2469
DOI: 10.1007/s11696-021-02043-6

Color change mechanism and application of oxidized carbon dots/I2O4 composite (OCDs/I2O4) in alcoholic beverages

Ming-yu Shi, Ao Li, Tian-hao Ji, Da-jian Jv and Zhe-mi Xu

Carbon Trends, 2025, 18, 100440
DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100440

Two-photon excitation triggers combined chemo-photothermal therapy via doped carbon nanohybrid dots for effective breast cancer treatment

Sara Madadi Ardekani, Alireza Dehghani, Mahbub Hassan, Mehran Kianinia, Igor Aharonovich and Vincent G. Gomes

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017, 330, 651
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.07.165

Fluorescence Turn-Off Sensing of Lead and Gentamicin Based on Phosphorus and Chlorine Co-Doped Carbon Dots

Yasaman Sefid-Sefidehkhan, Abolghasem Jouyban and Elaheh Rahimpour

SSRN Journal, 2022
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4103192

Gel‐like Carbon Dots: Characterization and their Potential Applications

Yiqun Zhou, Alexandra Desserre, Shiv K. Sharma, Shanghao Li, M. Hensley Marksberry, Charles C. Chusuei, Patricia L. Blackwelder and Roger M. Leblanc

ChemPhysChem, 2017, 18, 890
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201700038

Dissecting the Large Stokes Shift Fluorescence of Graphene-Sheet-Based Carbon Dots by Excitation-Dependent Ultrafast Spectroscopy

Chieh-Hsi Kuan, Xueqiao Zhang, Taylor D. Krueger, Logan S. Lancaster, Cheng Chen, Sanjida Yeasmin, Ahasan Ullah, Li-Jing Cheng and Chong Fang

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2025, 16, 9806
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c02377

Engineering carbon quantum dots for photomediated theranostics

Mahbub Hassan, Vincent G. Gomes, Alireza Dehghani and Sara M. Ardekani

Nano Res., 2018, 11, 1
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-017-1616-1

Highly fluorescent near-infrared emitting carbon dots derived from lemon juice and its bioimaging application

Hui Ding, Xuanxuan Zhou, Botao Qin, Ziyuan Zhou and Yunpeng Zhao

Journal of Luminescence, 2019, 211, 298
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2019.03.064

Simple and fast design of folic acid-based carbon dots as theranostic agent and its drug release aspect

Mochamad Z. Fahmi, Novia F. Sholihah, Aswandi Wibrianto, Satya C.W. Sakti, Fakhri Firdaus and Jia-yaw Chang

Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2021, 267, 124596
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.124596

Nitrogen-doped carbon dots for doxorubicin-targeted delivery and two-photon cell imaging

Ronghui Li, Nana Shi, Kaiyue Sun, Mei Fang, Ziyan Zhang, Lina Geng and Jianjun Zhang

Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 16, 105067
DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2023.105067

Visible-light excited carbon dots with dual emission long-afterglow for temperature sensing and anti-counterfeiting

Feng Wang and Xiangying Sun

Optical Materials, 2024, 154, 115610
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2024.115610

Electrochemical synthesis of molecularly imprinted poly(p-aminobenzene sulphonic acid) on carbon nanodots coated pencil graphite electrode for selective determination of folic acid

Sevgi Güney

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2019, 854, 113518
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2019.113518

Enhancing the UV resistance and flame retardancy of epoxy resin composites with fluorescent carbon dots

Lingzhi Wang, Hua Liu, Haojie Wang, Birong Zeng, Xiaohui Liu, Yiting Xu, Weiang Luo, Guorong Chen, Conghui Yuan and Lizong Dai

J of Applied Polymer Sci, 2024, 141
DOI: 10.1002/app.55566

Surface-engineered quantum dot nanocomposites for neurodegenerative disorder remediation and avenue for neuroimaging

Muhanna K. A. Al-Muhanna, Amani Ahmed Alghamdi, Bahauddeen Alrfaei, Mohammad Afzal, Reema Al-Subaiee and Rania Haddadi

Nanotechnology Reviews, 2024, 13
DOI: 10.1515/ntrev-2024-0128

Evaluation of N and S Codoped Carbon Dots as an Environment Friendly and High-Efficiency Inhibitor for X65 Steel in an Acidic Medium

Xin Zhang, Yu Zhang, Wenpo Li, Shengtao Zhang, Bochuan Tan, Weiping He, Yuanhai Liu and Chenyu Zhang

Langmuir, 2023, 39, 14384
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01756

Preparation of Multicolor Photoluminescent Carbon Dots by Tuning Surface States

Kai Jiang, Xiangyu Feng, Xiaolu Gao, Yuhui Wang, Congzhong Cai, Zhongjun Li and Hengwei Lin

Nanomaterials, 2019, 9, 529
DOI: 10.3390/nano9040529

Research Progress in the Synthesis of Carbon Dots and Their Application in Food Analysis

Yuan Yu, Lili Zhang, Xin Gao, Yuanmiao Feng, Hongyuan Wang, Caihong Lei, Yanhong Yan and Shuiping Liu

Biosensors, 2022, 12, 1158
DOI: 10.3390/bios12121158

Sand bath assisted green synthesis of carbon dots from citrus fruit peels for free radical scavenging and cell imaging

Krishna Kanthi Gudimella, Tejaswini Appidi, Hui-Fen Wu, Venkateswararao Battula, Anil Jogdand, Aravind Kumar Rengan and Gangaraju Gedda

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2021, 197, 111362
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.111362

Histidine-derived carbon dots as luminescent probes for detecting apoptosis

H. O. Faleke and D. Pappas

Anal Bioanal Chem, 2025, 417, 3435
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-025-05876-2

Highly Efficient Red-Emitting Carbon Dots with Gram-Scale Yield for Bioimaging

Hui Ding, Ji-Shi Wei, Ning Zhong, Qing-Yu Gao and Huan-Ming Xiong

Langmuir, 2017, 33, 12635
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02385

Coal dots synthesized from coal tar pitch as a novel oil displacement agent for enhanced oil recovery: Performance, mechanisms, and implications for sustainable resource development

Hongna Ding, Erlong Yang, Jihong Zhang, Zhejun Pan, Yugao Wang, Sheikh Rahman and Srinivas Mettu

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2025, 725, 137657
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2025.137657

Dynamic restructuring of carbon dots/copper oxide supported on mesoporous hydroxyapatite brings exceptional catalytic activity in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol

Qing Chang, Wei Xu, Ning Li, Chaorui Xue, Yanzhong Wang, Ying Li, Huiqi Wang, Jinlong Yang and Shengliang Hu

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2020, 263, 118299
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118299

Carbon dots originated from methyl red with molecular state and surface state controlled emissions for sensing and imaging

Xiaohua Pan, Yan Zhang, Xiaobo Sun, Wei Pan, Guifeng Yu, Qiangqiang Zhao and Jinping Wang

Journal of Luminescence, 2018, 204, 303
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2018.08.007

Amine Group Surface-Functionalized Carbon Quantum Dots Exhibit Anti-amyloidogenic Effects Towards Hen Egg White Lysozyme by Inducing Formation of Nontoxic Spherical Aggregates

M. P. Taraka Prabhu, Shreya Chrungoo and Nandini Sarkar

Protein J, 2023, 42, 728
DOI: 10.1007/s10930-023-10157-x

Insights into the influence of functional groups on the properties of graphene from first‐principles calculations

Sihao Liang, Peng Gao, An Wang, Chunhua Zeng, Guirong Bao and Dong Tian

J of Physical Organic Chem, 2022, 35
DOI: 10.1002/poc.4387

Deciphering interaction between chlorophyll functionalized carbon quantum dots with arsenic and mercury toxic metals in water as highly sensitive dual-probe sensor

Md Bayazeed Alam, Nurul Hassan, Kedar Sahoo, Manoj Kumar, Manju Sharma, Jayeeta Lahiri and Avanish Singh Parmar

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2022, 431, 114059
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114059

Engineering carbon dots with a 18-crown-6 for the fluorescence detection of cadmium ions

Zeinab Saberi and Behzad Rezaei

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2023, 443, 114809
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.114809

Green synthesis of carbon dots from cordyceps militaris and versatile applications in alcohol detection and waterproof fluorescent ink

Jing Hu, Hongyu Zhou, Yanshun Ma, Shaogui Wu and Liang Hao

Optical Materials, 2023, 142, 114057
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2023.114057

Synthesis and Applications of Red‐Emissive Carbon Dots

Jianying Wang, Yuhua Zhu and Lei Wang

The Chemical Record, 2019, 19, 2083
DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201800172

Colloidal Chiral Carbon Dots: An Emerging System for Chiroptical Applications

Yuwan Zhao, Juan Xie, Yongzhi Tian, Stefanos Mourdikoudis, Nadesh Fiuza‐Maneiro, Yanli Du, Lakshminarayana Polavarapu and Guangchao Zheng

Advanced Science, 2024, 11
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305797

Carbon dots: Biomacromolecule interaction, bioimaging and nanomedicine

Zhili Peng, Xu Han, Shanghao Li, Abdulrahman O. Al-Youbi, Abdulaziz S. Bashammakh, Mohammad S. El-Shahawi and Roger M. Leblanc

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017, 343, 256
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.06.001

The Transformation of 0-D Carbon Dots into 1-, 2- and 3-D Carbon Allotropes: A Minireview

Lerato L. Mokoloko, Roy P. Forbes and Neil J. Coville

Nanomaterials, 2022, 12, 2515
DOI: 10.3390/nano12152515

Understanding and manipulating luminescence in carbon nanodots

Z.C. Su, H.G. Ye, Z. Xiong, Q. Lou, Z. Zhang, F. Tang, J.Y. Tang, J.Y. Dai, C.X. Shan and S.J. Xu

Carbon, 2018, 126, 58
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.10.013

A review on green synthesis, biological applications of carbon dots in the field of drug delivery, biosensors, and bioimaging

Arshdeep Chopra, Yogindra Kumari, Ajay Pal Singh and Yash Sharma

Luminescence, 2024, 39
DOI: 10.1002/bio.4870

Arginine-modified carbon dots probe for live cell imaging and sensing by increasing cellular uptake efficiency

Chen Fu, Kun Qian and Ailing Fu

Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2017, 76, 350
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2017.03.084

Ratiometric pH Sensing in Living Cells Using Carbon Dots

Jun‐Ray Macairan, Issan Zhang, Adryanne Clermont‐Paquette, Rafik Naccache and Dusica Maysinger

Part & Part Syst Charact, 2020, 37
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201900430

State-of-the-art developments in carbon quantum dots (CQDs): Photo-catalysis, bio-imaging, and bio-sensing applications

Mohammad Ehtisham Khan, Akbar Mohammad and Taeho Yoon

Chemosphere, 2022, 302, 134815
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134815

Recent advances in the rational synthesis of red-emissive carbon dots for nanomedicine applications: A review

Zahra Hallaji, Zeinab Bagheri, Seyed-Omid Kalji, Esra Ermis and Bijan Ranjbar

FlatChem, 2021, 29, 100271
DOI: 10.1016/j.flatc.2021.100271

Full Factorial Design Analysis of the Facile Synthesis of Organo-Conjugated Carbon Quantum Dots from Glycerol

Roland Andrew T. Cruz

NHC, 2023, 39, 63
DOI: 10.4028/p-t8yxr6

An ultrasmall chitosan nanosphere encapsulating carbon dots and rhodamine B as a ratiometric probe for the determination of Hg2+

Xiaoyu Wang, Xiaobo Sun, Zhigang Xu, Wei Pan, Guifeng Yu and Jinping Wang

Microchim Acta, 2020, 187
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-020-04627-7

DNA Nanotechnology‐Based Supramolecular Assemblies for Targeted Biomedical Applications

Ankur Singh and Dhiraj Bhatia

The Chemical Record, 2022, 22
DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202200048

Evaluating carbon dots as electron mediators in photochemical and photocatalytic processes of NiFe2O4

Lucy M. Ombaka, Ralf Dillert, Lars Robben and Detlef W. Bahnemann

APL Materials, 2020, 8
DOI: 10.1063/1.5134432

Solvent‐Controlled Synthesis of Highly Luminescent Carbon Dots with a Wide Color Gamut and Narrowed Emission Peak Widths

Hui Ding, Ji‐Shi Wei, Peng Zhang, Zi‐Yuan Zhou, Qing‐Yu Gao and Huan‐Ming Xiong

Small, 2018, 14
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201800612

Fluorescence-based sensor array using nitrogen-doped carbon dots: Machine learning-assisted discrimination of dihydroxybenzene isomers and their ternary blends

Yixiang Li, Yu Liang, Xiangxiangjie He, Yiting Yin, Xiaobo Sun, Chun Li, Baomin Yang and Jinping Wang

Microchemical Journal, 2026, 220, 116498
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2025.116498

Hybrid Quantum Dot as Promising Tools for Theranostic Application in Cancer

Javed Ahmad, Anuj Garg, Gulam Mustafa, Mohammad Zaki Ahmad, Mohammed Aslam and Awanish Mishra

Electronics, 2023, 12, 972
DOI: 10.3390/electronics12040972

Glycidol‐modified polyethylenimine‐capped carbon dots with ultrastable fluorescence for sensitive and selective detection of folic acid in food samples

Xiao‐Ye Zhan, Bin Wang and Li‐Ping Yu

J Chinese Chemical Soc, 2022, 69, 486
DOI: 10.1002/jccs.202100472

Excitation dependent emission combined with different quenching manners supports carbon dots to achieve multi-mode sensing

Chun Li, Weijian Liu, Xiaobo Sun, Wei Pan, Guifeng Yu and Jinping Wang

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2018, 263, 1
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.02.050

A critical comparison of lanthanide based upconversion nanoparticles to fluorescent proteins, semiconductor quantum dots, and carbon dots for use in optical sensing and imaging

Sandy F Himmelstoß and Thomas Hirsch

Methods Appl. Fluoresc., 2019, 7, 022002
DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/ab0bfa

Current status and prospects on chemical structure driven photoluminescence behaviour of carbon dots

Monoj Kumar Barman and Amitava Patra

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, 2018, 37, 1
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2018.08.001

Upcycling of waste masks into carbon nanotubes combined with ZIF-8 for the detection of heavy-metal ions and nitrite

Tong Han, Ying-Ai Piao, Long-Yue Meng and Biao Jin

Carbon Lett., 2025, 35, 187
DOI: 10.1007/s42823-024-00778-2

Turn-On fluorescence sensor based detection of heavy metal ion using carbon dots@graphitic-carbon nitride nanocomposite probe

K. Radhakrishnan, S. Sivanesan and P. Panneerselvam

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2020, 389, 112204
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.112204

Establishing 19F NMR for Understanding Sorbent Interactions with Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Ranking Affinity and Dissecting Interactions of Nanoscale Carbon Dots and β-Cyclodextrin with PFAS

Riley E. Lewis, Cheng-Hsin Huang, Ana Katrina Tiu and Christy L. Haynes

Anal. Chem., 2026, 98, 332
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5c04690

Enzyme-Free Photoelectrochemical Biosensor Based on the Co-Sensitization Effect Coupled with Dual Cascade Toehold-Mediated Strand Displacement Amplification for the Sensitive Detection of MicroRNA-21

Yanxin Chu, Rong Wu, Gao-Chao Fan, An-Ping Deng and Jun-Jie Zhu

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2018, 6, 11633
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b01857

Role of carbon dots as nanocarriers in drug delivery: current advancements, prospects, and implementations

Zeshan Ali Sandhu, Muhammad Asam Raza, Umme Farwa, Muhammad Saad Fareed, Abdulmajeed Alqurashi and Muhammad Latif

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 2025, 22, 1171
DOI: 10.1080/17425247.2025.2513439

Scalable production, cell toxicity assessment, and plant growth promotion activities of carbon quantum dots derived from low-quality coal feedstock

Monikankana Saikia, Anupama Singh, Anjum Dihingia, Puja Khare, Jatin Kalita and Binoy K. Saikia

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 433, 133633
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.133633

A Fumigation-Based Surface Sterilization Approach for Plant Tissue Culture

Iyyakkannu Sivanesan, Manikandan Muthu, Judy Gopal, Shadma Tasneem, Doo-Hwan Kim and Jae-Wook Oh

IJERPH, 2021, 18, 2282
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18052282

Hydrothermal Synthesis of Sulfuric Acid-Mediated Yellow Carbon Dots and It Applications in Fluorescent Ink and Cell Imaging

Ziyi Zhang, Yuhang Zhou, Nuonuo Zhang, Kun Pang, Yanlan Wang, Xiang Liu and Jiaying Yan

J Fluoresc, 2025, 35, 8983
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-025-04215-z

Coencapsulation of Carbon Dots and Gold Nanoparticles over Escherichia coli for Bacterium Assay by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Victoria Arantza León Anchustegui, Junhao Zhu, Luanying He, Ying Bi, Yiyang Dong, Jia-Hui Liu and Shihui Wang

ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2021, 4, 597
DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c01154

N-Doped Carbon Dot-Based Nanoconjugates with Simultaneous Generation of Nitric Oxide and Singlet Oxygen for Phototherapeutic Applications

Francesca Laneri, Cristina Parisi, Vittoria Andrigo, Juliana Guerra Pinto, Luciana Cortez Marcolino, Juliana Ferreira-Strixino, Marta Maria Natile and Salvatore Sortino

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2025, 8, 13083
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.5c02198

Enhanced ferrate(VI) oxidation of organic pollutants through direct electron transfer

Yunpeng Wang, Zijun Xiao, Yulei Liu, Wenjie Tian, Zhuangsong Huang, Xiaona Zhao, Lu Wang, Shaobin Wang and Jun Ma

Water Research, 2023, 244, 120506
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120506

Carbon Quantum Dots as Fluorescence Nanochemosensors for Selective Detection of Amino Acids

Nunzio Tuccitto, Luca Fichera, Roberta Ruffino, Valentina Cantaro, Gianfranco Sfuncia, Giuseppe Nicotra, Giuseppe Trusso Sfrazzetto, Giovanni Li-Destri, Andrea Valenti, Antonino Licciardello and Alberto Torrisi

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2021, 4, 6250
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c01046

Quantum Dot Bioconjugates for Diagnostic Applications

María Díaz-González, Alfredo de la Escosura-Muñiz, Maria Teresa Fernandez-Argüelles, Francisco Javier García Alonso and Jose Manuel Costa-Fernandez

Top Curr Chem (Z), 2020, 378
DOI: 10.1007/s41061-020-0296-6

Carboxylic Group Functionalized Carbon Quantum Dots inhibit Hen Egg White Lysozyme Amyloidogenesis, leading to the Formation of Spherical Aggregates with Reduced Toxicity and ROS Generation

M.P. Taraka Prabhu, Shreya Chrungoo and Nandini Sarkar

CPPS, 2024, 25, 626
DOI: 10.2174/0113892037294778240328041907

Carbon dots in drug delivery and therapeutic applications

Hemant Singh, Mahmood Razzaghi, Hamed Ghorbanpoor, Aliakbar Ebrahimi, Huseyin Avci, Mohsen Akbari and Shabir Hassan

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2025, 224, 115644
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2025.115644

Applicability Evaluation of Bright Green‐Emitting Carbon Dots in the Solid State for White Light‐Emitting Diodes

Deyin Wang, Waheed U.Khan, Zuobin Tang and Yuhua Wang

Chemistry An Asian Journal, 2018, 13, 292
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201701548

Facile hydrothermal synthesis of nitrogen rich blue fluorescent carbon dots for cell bio-imaging of Candida albicans

Thomas Nesakumar Jebakumar Immanuel Edison, Raji Atchudan, Namachivayam Karthik, Dangsheng Xiong and Yong Rok Lee

Process Biochemistry, 2020, 88, 113
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2019.10.003

Ultrahigh-performance titanium dioxide-based supercapacitors using sodium polyacrylate-derived carbon dots as simultaneous and synergistic electrode/electrolyte additives

Wasinee Pholauyphon, Ravindra N. Bulakhe, Janjira Praneerad, Rodsathon Attajak, Jedsada Manyam, Insik In and Peerasak Paoprasert

Electrochimica Acta, 2021, 390, 138805
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138805

Synthesis of Carbon Quantum Dot from Water Hyacinth Stalk by Radiation Processing

Kanokorn Wechakorn, Panida Sangangam, Nattamon Puengposop, Pattra Lertsarawut and Tanagorn Kwamman

Orient. J. Chem, 2020, 36, 897
DOI: 10.13005/ojc/360514

Dramatic red fluorescence enhancement and emission red shift of carbon dots following Zn/ZnO decoration

Gancheng Zuo, Jiangsheng Hu, Yuting Wang, Aming Xie and Wei Dong

Luminescence, 2019, 34, 759
DOI: 10.1002/bio.3671

Carbon dots-based catalyst for various organic transformations

Ravichandran Manjupriya and Selvaraj Mohana Roopan

J Mater Sci, 2021, 56, 17369
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-021-06354-7

Study on construction of red carbon nanodots from O-phenylenediamine

Yaqing Zhu, Jianliang Bai, Zhujun Huang, Shuang Wu, Xinyu Wang, Guojun Yuan, Lu Zhang and Lili Ren

Materials Letters, 2022, 309, 131397
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2021.131397

Surface charge controlled nucleoli selective staining with nanoscale carbon dots

Zhijun Zhu, Qingxuan Li, Ping Li, Xiaojie Xun, Liyuan Zheng, Dandan Ning, Ming Su and Kai Griebenow

PLoS ONE, 2019, 14, e0216230
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216230

Tailoring Scaffolds for Orthopedic Application With Anti-Microbial Properties: Current Scenario and Future Prospects

A. Preethi and Jayesh R. Bellare

Front. Mater., 2021, 7
DOI: 10.3389/fmats.2020.594686

Highly crystalline carbon dots from fresh tomato: UV emission and quantum confinement

Weijian Liu, Chun Li, Xiaobo Sun, Wei Pan, Guifeng Yu and Jinping Wang

Nanotechnology, 2017, 28, 485705
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa900b

The Puzzling Potential of Carbon Nanomaterials: General Properties, Application, and Toxicity

Danica Jović, Vesna Jaćević, Kamil Kuča, Ivana Borišev, Jasminka Mrdjanovic, Danijela Petrovic, Mariana Seke and Aleksandar Djordjevic

Nanomaterials, 2020, 10, 1508
DOI: 10.3390/nano10081508

Carbon dots from Guar Gum: Synthesis, characterization and preliminary in vivo application in plant cells

S.K. Bajpai, A. D'Souza and Basharat Suhail

Materials Science and Engineering: B, 2019, 241, 92
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2019.02.014

Controlled Arrangement of Liquid Crystal Molecules on SiO2 Film Nanopatterns Using UV Nanoimprint Lithography

Bo‐Kyeong Choi, Dong Wook Lee and Dae‐Shik Seo

Surface & Interface Analysis, 2026, 58, 9
DOI: 10.1002/sia.70028

Fighting Non-Small Lung Cancer Cells Using Optimal Functionalization of Targeted Carbon Quantum Dots Derived from Natural Sources Might Provide Potential Therapeutic and Cancer Bio Image Strategies

Hanaa Mohammed Elsayed Mohammed El-brolsy, Nemany A. N. Hanafy and Maged A. El-Kemary

IJMS, 2022, 23, 13283
DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113283

Functionalized fluorescent carbon nanostructures for targeted imaging of cancer cells: a review

Meghdad Pirsaheb, Somayeh Mohammadi, Abdollah Salimi and Mehrdad Payandeh

Microchim Acta, 2019, 186
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3338-4

Study on the effect of oxidation-ultrasound treatment on the electrochemical properties of activated carbon materials

Yafeng Fu, Xindong Ding, Jun Zhao and Zhiqin Zheng

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2020, 69, 104921
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2019.104921

A review of curcumin-mediated photodynamic bactericidal technology for food preservation: Limitations and improvement strategies

Zhenlong Zhou, Pengzhen Li, Ruoxin Chen, Xinyu Cai, Wenjun Zhang, Penghui Fan and Jianyu Su

Food Microbiology, 2025, 131, 104802
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2025.104802

Theoretical and photodynamic therapy characteristics of heteroatom doped detonation nanodiamonds linked to asymmetrical phthalocyanine for eradication of breast cancer cells

Refilwe Matshitse, Tendamudzimu Tshiwawa, Muthumuni Managa, Njemuwa Nwaji, Kevin Lobb and Tebello Nyokong

Journal of Luminescence, 2020, 227, 117465
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2020.117465

Carbon Dots as Nano-Organocatalysts for Synthetic Applications

Cristian Rosso, Giacomo Filippini and Maurizio Prato

ACS Catal., 2020, 10, 8090
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01989

Integration of C-dots with g-C3N4 nanosheet/Ag2CO3 nanocomposites as effective Z-scheme visible-light photocatalysts for removal of hazardous organic and inorganic contaminates

Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh, Soheila Asadzadeh-Khaneghah and S. Vadivel

J Mater Sci: Mater Electron, 2020, 31, 13392
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-020-03894-7

A feasible and universal one-step method for functionalizing carbon dots efficiently via in-situ free radical polymerization

Chenghao Li, Bin Lu, Xinyuan Wang, Yongjun Ma, Xianyan Ren, Cailin Liu and Haijun Yang

Journal of Luminescence, 2021, 238, 118246
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2021.118246

Photooxidation of biomass for sustainable chemicals and hydrogen production on graphitic carbon nitride-based materials: A comprehensive review

Mohammed Ismael, Qiaoyan Shang, Jun Yue and Michael Wark

Materials Today Sustainability, 2024, 27, 100827
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.100827

Nanomaterials as a new frontier platform: metal-doped and hybrid carbon dots as enzyme mimics for environmental applications

Aiman Yousaf, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Farooq Warsi, Ibrahim A. Alsafari, Farhan A. Khan, Roberto Parra-Saldívar, Guadalupe Gutiérrez-Soto and Hafiz M. N. Iqbal

Front. Mater., 2025, 12
DOI: 10.3389/fmats.2025.1553214

You Don’t Learn That in School: An Updated Practical Guide to Carbon Quantum Dots

Helena B. A. Sousa, Catarina S. M. Martins and João A. V. Prior

Nanomaterials, 2021, 11, 611
DOI: 10.3390/nano11030611

Synthesis and application of quantum dots in detection of environmental contaminants in food: A comprehensive review

Chenyue Niu, Zhiliang Yao and Shanxue Jiang

Science of The Total Environment, 2023, 882, 163565
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163565

Synthesis strategies and applications of metal–organic framework-quantum dot (MOF@QD) functional composites

Wenbo Lv, Yafang Song, Hebing Pei and Zunli Mo

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2023, 128, 17
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2023.07.055

Are carbon dots worth the tremendous attention it is getting: Challenges and opportunities

Saptarshi Mandal and Prolay Das

Applied Materials Today, 2022, 26, 101331
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2021.101331

Recent Progress on Carbon Quantum Dots Based Photocatalysis

Hwapyung Jung, Vijay S. Sapner, Arindam Adhikari, Bhaskar R. Sathe and Rajkumar Patel

Front. Chem., 2022, 10
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.881495

Tailoring the sensing abilities of carbon nanodots obtained from olive solid wastes

Shadi Sawalha, Alessandro Silvestri, Alejandro Criado, Simona Bettini, Maurizio Prato and Ludovico Valli

Carbon, 2020, 167, 696
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2020.06.011

Allium sativum derived carbon dots as a potential theranostic agent to combat the COVID-19 crisis

Ashish Kalkal, Prince Allawadhi, Rangadhar Pradhan, Amit Khurana, Kala Kumar Bharani and Gopinath Packirisamy

Sensors International, 2021, 2, 100102
DOI: 10.1016/j.sintl.2021.100102

Metal-organic framework (MOF)/C-dots and covalent organic framework (COF)/C-dots hybrid nanocomposites: Fabrications and applications in sensing, medical, environmental, and energy sectors

Sina Bazazi, Esmaeil Hashemi, Mahdi Mohammadjavadi, Mohammad Reza Saeb, Yuqian Liu, Yang Huang, Huining Xiao and Farzad Seidi

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2024, 328, 103178
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2024.103178

Effect of Carbon Dots on Supercapacitor Performance of Carbon Nanohorn/Conducting Polymer Composites

Chia Chi Chang, Tesfaye Abebe Geleta and Toyoko Imae

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2021, 94, 454
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20200269

Symmetric and Asymmetric Supercapacitors of ITO Glass and Film Electrodes Consisting of Carbon Dot and Magnetite

Misganu Chewaka Fite, Po-Jen Wang and Toyoko Imae

Batteries, 2023, 9, 162
DOI: 10.3390/batteries9030162

Influence of nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots on titanium dioxide for photovoltaic applications: optical and structural insight

Christopher U. Achem, Muhammad Y. Onimisi, Eli Danladi, Ikpaya David and Rabiu A. Babatunde

Materials Research Innovations, 2024, 28, 106
DOI: 10.1080/14328917.2023.2240165

Carbon Dots with Dual‐Emissive, Robust, and Aggregation‐Induced Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence Characteristics

Kai Jiang, Xiaolu Gao, Xiangyu Feng, Yuhui Wang, Zhongjun Li and Hengwei Lin

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2020, 59, 1263
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201911342

Effect of Carbon Dots on Conducting Polymers for Energy Storage Applications

Balamurugan Devadas and Toyoko Imae

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2018, 6, 127
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01858

LnIII-centered emission sensitized through fluorescent carbon dots

Rodney A. Tigaa, Jorge H.S.K. Monteiro, Samuel Silva-Hernandez and Ana de Bettencourt-Dias

Journal of Luminescence, 2017, 192, 1273
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.09.007

Design and Synthesis of Dual-Responsive Carbon Nanodots Loaded with Cisplatin for Targeted Therapy of Lung Cancer Therapy and Nursing Care

Chunhe Zhou, Huiyan Li, Yi Liu and Kun Wang

J Clust Sci, 2022, 33, 331
DOI: 10.1007/s10876-020-01959-5

Photochemical Transformations of Carbon Dots in Aqueous Environments

Benjamin P. Frank, Leslie R. Sigmon, Alyssa R. Deline, Ronald S. Lankone, Miranda J. Gallagher, Bo Zhi, Christy L. Haynes and D. Howard Fairbrother

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2020, 54, 4160
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b07437

Covalent and Noncovalent Loading of Doxorubicin by Folic Acid-Carbon Dot Nanoparticles for Cancer Theranostics

Samson N. Dada, Godwin K. Babanyinah, Michael T. Tetteh, Victoria E. Palau, Zachary F. Walls, Koyamangalath Krishnan, Zacary Croft, Assad U. Khan, Guoliang Liu, Thomas E. Wiese, Ellen Glotser and Hua Mei

ACS Omega, 2022, 7, 23322
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c01482

Biomass Carbon Dots: Illuminating New Era in Antimicrobial Defense and Cancer Combat

Susen Jose, Anaswara K. P., Aleena Ann Mathew, Meera Varghese and Manoj Balachandran

BioNanoSci., 2025, 15
DOI: 10.1007/s12668-024-01686-5

Capacitance enhancement of nitrogen-doped graphene oxide/magnetite with polyaniline or carbon dots under external magnetic field: Supported by theoretical estimation

Misganu Chewaka Fite and Toyoko Imae

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2021, 594, 228
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.02.112

Green synthesis of highly fluorescent nitrogen – Doped carbon dots from Lantana camara berries for effective detection of lead(II) and bioimaging

Rajkumar Bandi, Ramakrishna Dadigala, Bhagavanth Reddy Gangapuram and Veerabhadram Guttena

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 2018, 178, 330
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.11.010

Acoustic cavitation assisted synthesis and characterization of photoluminescent carbon quantum dots for biological applications and their future prospective

Palash Das, Swarup Krishna Bhattacharyya, Pallab Banerji and Narayan Ch. Das

Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 2021, 25, 100641
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoso.2020.100641

Encapsulation and protection of carbon dots within MCM-41 material

Anastasia Vassilakopoulou, Vasilios Georgakilas and Ioannis Koutselas

J Sol-Gel Sci Technol, 2017, 82, 795
DOI: 10.1007/s10971-017-4371-6

Phenylenediamine-derived near infrared carbon dots: The kilogram-scale preparation, formation process, photoluminescence tuning mechanism and application as red phosphors

Chunyu Ji, Qiurui Han, Yiqun Zhou, Jiajia Wu, Wenquan Shi, Lipeng Gao, Roger M. Leblanc and Zhili Peng

Carbon, 2022, 192, 198
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2022.02.054

Comprehensive Insight into the Emerging World of Carbon Dots for Applications in Energy and Metal Ion Sensing

Karan Surana, Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Saurabh S. Soni

Precision Chemistry, 2026
DOI: 10.1021/prechem.5c00179

In situ synthesis of core-shell carbon nanowires as a potent targeted anticoagulant

Ju-Yi Mao, Fu-Yin Lin, Han-Wei Chu, Scott G. Harroun, Jui-Yang Lai, Han-Jia Lin and Chih-Ching Huang

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2019, 552, 583
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.05.086

Formation of Carbon Quantum Dots via Hydrothermal Carbonization: Investigate the Effect of Precursors

Md Rifat Hasan, Nepu Saha, Thomas Quaid and M. Toufiq Reza

Energies, 2021, 14, 986
DOI: 10.3390/en14040986

Multi sensing functions integrated into one carbon-dot based platform via different types of mechanisms

Chun Li, Weijian Liu, Xiaobo Sun, Wei Pan and Jinping Wang

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017, 252, 544
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2017.06.036

Solvothermal synthesis of functionalized carbon dots from amino acid as an eco-friendly corrosion inhibitor for copper in sulfuric acid solution

Yu Zhang, Shengtao Zhang, Bochuan Tan, Lei Guo and Hantang Li

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2021, 604, 1
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.07.034

Analysis of Fluorescent Carbon Nanodots Synthesized from Spices Through Thermal Processes Treatment

David Semsey, Duyen H. H. Nguyen, Gréta Törős, Vivien Papp, János Pénzes, Tamás Vida, Áron Béni, Mahendra Rai and József Prokisch

Nanomaterials, 2025, 15, 625
DOI: 10.3390/nano15080625

Bone Tissue Engineering via Carbon‐Based Nanomaterials

Zhili Peng, Tianshu Zhao, Yiqun Zhou, Shanghao Li, Jiaojiao Li and Roger M. Leblanc

Adv Healthcare Materials, 2020, 9
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201901495

Green synthesis of carbon quantum dots and their environmental applications

Velu Manikandan and Nae Yoon Lee

Environmental Research, 2022, 212, 113283
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113283

Recent advances and trends in the applications of nanomaterials in optical sensing platforms

Sakda Jampasa, Wisarut Khamcharoen, Supacha Wirojsaengthong, Akkapol Suea-Ngam, Surinya Traipop, Tugba Ozer, Fuangfa Unob, Pumidech Puthongkham and Orawon Chailapakul

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2024, 180, 117914
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2024.117914

Ti3C2Tx/CDs@MnO2 composite as electrode materials for supercapacitors: synthesis and electrochemical performance

Tianwang Li, Xiaosong Wei, Yalin Zhang, Yanqing Cai, Xinggang Chen and Ying Xu

Ionics, 2024, 30, 6413
DOI: 10.1007/s11581-024-05707-x

Revisiting fluorescent carbon nanodots for environmental, biomedical applications and puzzle about fluorophore impurities

H. Manisha, P.D. Priya Swetha, Yoon-Bo Shim and K. Sudhakara Prasad

Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 2019, 20, 100391
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoso.2019.100391

Unveiling the Effect of Dilution on the Optical Response of Folic Acid Derived Carbon Dots: Role of Surface Interactions and Inner Filter Effect

Akhila Murali Jaya, Subodh Ganesanpotti, Sibi K. Solaman and V. Biju

J Clust Sci, 2024, 35, 2931
DOI: 10.1007/s10876-024-02710-0

Electrochemically Exfoliated Carbon Quantum Dots Modified Electrodes for Detection of Dopamine Neurotransmitter

N. Ramila Devi, T. H. Vignesh Kumar and Ashok K. Sundramoorthy

J. Electrochem. Soc., 2018, 165, G3112
DOI: 10.1149/2.0191812jes

Determination of Trace Cu(II) Ions Using a Siraitia Grosvenorii Residue-derived Nitrogen-doped Carbon Dots-enabled Fluorescence Quenching Sensor

Mengying Wu, Xiyang Huang, Zhouquan Li, Xiang Gan, Yumei Zheng, Hui Tang, Jingwei Xiong, Xiaoli Yang, Dongye Yang, Lizhen Zhang, Weiyuan Liang and Hongtao Li

J Fluoresc, 2025
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-025-04458-w

Detection of metronidazole in honey and metronidazole tablets using carbon dots‐based sensor via the inner filter effect

Jianru Zhao, Xiaohua Pan, Xiaobo Sun, Wei Pan, Guifeng Yu and Jinping Wang

Luminescence, 2018, 33, 704
DOI: 10.1002/bio.3467

Carbon Dots as Catalysts: A New Class of Nanozymes

Agatino Zammataro and Giuseppe Trusso Sfrazzetto

COCAT, 2019, 7, 3
DOI: 10.2174/2213337206666190702165008

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

Boyang Wang, Haoqiang Song, Xiaoli Qu, Junbiao Chang, Bai Yang and Siyu Lu

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021, 442, 214010
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214010

Boosting photoactivation of microorganisms by covalent binding of nanoparticles to membrane proteins

Zi-Jie Lu, Chong Sha, Tian-Yu Zhu, Jun-Ying Liu and Yang-Chun Yong

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 525, 170654
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.170654

The reconstruction of char surface by oxidized quantum-size carbon dots under the ultrasonic energy to prepare modified activated carbon materials as electrodes for supercapacitors

Changyu Leng, Kang Sun, Jihui Li and Jianchun Jiang

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017, 714, 443
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.04.204

G-C3N4 nanosheets adhered with Ag3BiO3 and carbon dots with appreciably promoted photoactivity towards elimination of several contaminants

Soheila Asadzadeh-Khaneghah, Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh, Davod Seifzadeh, Hushan Chand and Venkata Krishnan

Advanced Powder Technology, 2021, 32, 1196
DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2021.02.024

Surface Functional Groups Effect on the Absorption Spectrum of Carbon Dots: Initial TD-DFT Study

Reza Umami, Fitri Aulia Permatasari, Citra Deliana Dewi Sundari, Fahdzi Muttaqien and Ferry Iskandar

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 2022, 2243, 012043
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2243/1/012043

Synthesis, antibacterial activity, and cytotoxicity of newly synthesized carbon dots derived from dibasic carboxylic acids via conventional microwave-assisted method

Pritesh Khobrekar, Fiona Fernandes, Aishwarya Angadi, Dviti Volvoikar, Vishnu Chari, Vishnu Nadkarni, Meenal Kowshik and Sandesh Bugde

Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 2024, 1
DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2024.2444974

Optical properties of carbon dots derived from table sugar via gamma irradiation

Kanokorn Wechakorn, Teerawat Utapong, Threeraphat Chutimasakul, Natee Sirisit and Tanagorn Kwamman

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 2023, 2431, 012014
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2431/1/012014

Preparation of novel ternary TiO2 QDs/CDs/AgI nanocomposites with superior visible-light induced photocatalytic activity

Asma Shoja, Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh, Mitra Mousavi and S. Vadivel

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2019, 385, 112070
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.112070

Highly Biocompatible, Fluorescence, and Zwitterionic Carbon Dots as a Novel Approach for Bioimaging Applications in Cancerous Cells

Smriti Sri, Robin Kumar, Amulya K. Panda and Pratima R. Solanki

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 37835
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b13217

Aptamer-Functionalized Hybrid Nanostructures for Sensing, Drug Delivery, Catalysis and Mechanical Applications

Margarita Vázquez-González and Itamar Willner

IJMS, 2021, 22, 1803
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22041803

A signal-on ratiometric fluorometric heparin assay based on the direct interaction between amino-modified carbon dots and DNA

Jianyong Huang, Fenglan Li, Rubin Guo, Yuyuan Chen, Zhenzhen Wang, Chengfei Zhao, Yanjie Zheng, Shaohuang Weng and Xinhua Lin

Microchim Acta, 2018, 185
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-018-2798-2

A study of carbon nanodots (carbon quantum dots) synthesized from tangerine juice using one-step hydrothermal method

Mikail Aslan and Hasan Eskalen

Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, 2021, 29, 1026
DOI: 10.1080/1536383X.2021.1926452

Construction of biomass carbon dots based fluorescence sensors and their applications in chemical and biological analysis

Haochi Liu, Jie Ding, Kun Zhang and Lan Ding

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2019, 118, 315
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2019.05.051

Red carbon dots: Optical property regulations and applications

Zhijun Zhu, Yanling Zhai, Zhenhua Li, Peiyuan Zhu, Sui Mao, Chengzhou Zhu, Dan Du, Laurence A. Belfiore, Jianguo Tang and Yuehe Lin

Materials Today, 2019, 30, 52
DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2019.05.003

Photothermal-enhanced peroxidase-like activity of CDs/PBNPs for the detection of Fe3+ and cholesterol in serum samples

Yongxin Song, Wenquan Liu, Xin Mu, Xiahua Zhong, Anni Cui, Yu Sun, John R. Crockett, Ying Bao, Guiye Shan and Yanwei Chen

Microchim Acta, 2022, 189
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-021-05129-w

Advances in carbon-dots based nanomaterials for electrocatalytic water splitting: Fundamental, challenges, and future prospects

Monika Singh, Iram Malik, Fawwaz Hazzazi and Anuj Kumar

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2025, 179, 151623
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.151623

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

Yuxiang Jiang, Tianshu Zhao, Wenjun Xu and Zhili Peng

Carbon, 2024, 219, 118838
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2024.118838

Microwave Assisted Synthesis and Optical Properties of Highly Fluorescent N-Doped Carbon Dots

D. Koteswararao, B. Rajkumar, K. Prameela, K. Ashok and G. Sridevi

Asian J. Chem., 2019, 31, 2897
DOI: 10.14233/ajchem.2019.22334

Carbon-Based Fluorescent Nano-Biosensors for the Detection of Cell-Free Circulating MicroRNAs

Pooja Ratre, Nazim Nazeer, Roshani Kumari, Suresh Thareja, Bulbul Jain, Rajnarayan Tiwari, Arunika Kamthan, Rupesh K. Srivastava and Pradyumna Kumar Mishra

Biosensors, 2023, 13, 226
DOI: 10.3390/bios13020226

Biomolecules-modified carbon dots for enhanced surface and interface properties and sustainable corrosion protection: Experimental and computational studies

Ruby Aslam, Jeenat Aslam, Qihui Wang, Yi Sun, Chandrabhan Verma, Akram Alfantazi and Zhitao Yan

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2025, 152, 175
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2025.04.049

Nitrogen doped carbon quantum dots (N-CQDs) with high luminescence for sensitive and selective detection of hypochlorite ions by fluorescence quenching

Hongxia Qi, Zizhuo Zhai, Xipeng Dong and Pudun Zhang

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2022, 279, 121456
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.121456

g-C3N4/carbon dot-based nanocomposites serve as efficacious photocatalysts for environmental purification and energy generation: A review

Soheila Asadzadeh-Khaneghah and Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 276, 124319
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124319

Carbon Dots with Dual‐Emissive, Robust, and Aggregation‐Induced Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence Characteristics

Kai Jiang, Xiaolu Gao, Xiangyu Feng, Yuhui Wang, Zhongjun Li and Hengwei Lin

Angewandte Chemie, 2020, 132, 1279
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201911342

Fluorescent carbon dots for probing the effect of thiram on the membrane of fungal cell and its quantitative detection in aqueous solution

Yan Zhang, Jianru Zhao, Xiaobo Sun, Wei Pan, Guifeng Yu and Jinping Wang

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2018, 273, 1833
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.07.024

Microwave-assisted one-step synthesis of water-soluble manganese-carbon nanodot clusters

Nina Gomez-Blanco and Maurizio Prato

Commun Chem, 2023, 6
DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-00983-6

Carbon nanodots as sensitive and selective nanomaterials in pharmaceutical analysis

Khalid M. Omer, Baraa Al-Hashimi, Somayeh Mohammadi, Abdolla Salimi, Yousif M. Salih, Aso Q. Hassan, Kosar H. Hama Aziz and Sewara J. Mohammad

J Mater Sci, 2022, 57, 14217
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-022-07531-y

Synthesis of 3D CQDs/urchin-like and yolk-shell TiO2 hierarchical structure with enhanced photocatalytic properties

Zhaoying Guo, Qi Wang, Tao Shen, Xianjie Hou, Jianlei Kuang, Wenxiu Liu and Wenbin Cao

Ceramics International, 2019, 45, 5858
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.12.052

Recent advances and prospects of carbon dots in phototherapy

Baoling Li, Shaojing Zhao, Li Huang, Qing Wang, Jiafu Xiao and Minhuan Lan

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 408, 127245
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.127245

Malic Acid Carbon Dots: From Super-resolution Live-Cell Imaging to Highly Efficient Separation

Bo Zhi, Yi Cui, Shengyang Wang, Benjamin P. Frank, Denise N. Williams, Richard P. Brown, Eric S. Melby, Robert J. Hamers, Zeev Rosenzweig, D. Howard Fairbrother, Galya Orr and Christy L. Haynes

ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 5741
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b01619

Synthesis of Yellow-Fluorescent Carbon Nano-dots by Microplasma for Imaging and Photocatalytic Inactivation of Cancer Cells

Xing Qin, Jinlin Liu, Qing Zhang, Wantao Chen, Xiaoxia Zhong and Jie He

Nanoscale Res Lett, 2021, 16
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-021-03478-2

Preparation of Codonopsis Carbon Quantum Dots and Their Scavenging Effect on Hydroxyl Radicals

Yaqing Zhang, Peng Ding, Ting Yin, Sijie Cheng and Yong Zhang

ChemistrySelect, 2025, 10
DOI: 10.1002/slct.202501399

High-Performance Cannabinoid Sensor Empowered by Plant Hormone Receptors and Antifouling Magnetic Nanorods

Zongbo Li, Yuyang Shen, Jesús Beltrán, Hao Tian, Matthew Bedewitz, Ian Wheeldon, Timothy A. Whitehead, Sean R. Cutler and Wenwan Zhong

ACS Sens., 2023, 8, 3914
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c01488

Nitrogen doped carbon nanodots as fluorescent probes for selective detection and quantification of Ferric(III) ions

Suk-Fun Chin, Shao-Chien Tan, Suh-Cem Pang and Sing-Muk Ng

Optical Materials, 2017, 73, 77
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2017.08.006

Fluorescent Aerogels Based on Chemical Crosslinking between Nanocellulose and Carbon Dots for Optical Sensor

Bolang Wu, Ge Zhu, Alain Dufresne and Ning Lin

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 16048
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b02754

Carbon Quantum Dots: The Role of Surface Functional Groups and Proposed Mechanisms for Metal Ion Sensing

Hasan Shabbir, Edit Csapó and Marek Wojnicki

Inorganics, 2023, 11, 262
DOI: 10.3390/inorganics11060262

Carbon quantum dots from hemicucur[6]bit and the application for the detection of Pb2+

Jia Luo, Yao Lei, Qingmei Ge, Mao Liu, Nan Jiang, Yin-Hui Huang, Hang Cong and Jiang-Lin Zhao

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2024, 317, 124459
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.124459

Surface engineering of porous carbons for next-generation supercapacitors

Yiyan Zhu, Huyan Shen, Imran Zada, Hongjie Li, Yanyu Li, Shenmin Zhu and Yao Li

Journal of Energy Storage, 2024, 100, 113608
DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2024.113608

Carbon Nanodot‐Sensitized Modulation of Alzheimer's β‐Amyloid Self‐Assembly, Disassembly, and Toxicity

You Jung Chung, Kayoung Kim, Byung Il Lee and Chan Beum Park

Small, 2017, 13
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201700983

In-situ reshaping nano-biochar on electrode surface for machine learning assisted selective sensing of Pb2+ in real water samples

Zhaohong Su, Jiaqi Wang, Shiyu Hu, Yongbing Cheng, Yuan Yang, Shumo Zhou, Min Chen, Qinyi Cao, Songbai Zhang, Lixia Yang, Zhonghua Liu and Xinman Tu

Applied Surface Science, 2024, 665, 160294
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.160294

Exploiting Carbon Quantum Dots Synthesized by Electrochemical Exfoliation for Flexible Resistance Switching

Tianqi Yu, Dong Wang, Min Liu, Wei Lei, Suhaidi Shafie, Mohd Nazim Mohtar, Nattha Jindapetch, Paphavee van Dommelen and Zhiwei Zhao

ACS Materials Lett., 2024, 6, 793
DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.3c01258

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) derived carbon dots: Preparation and applications

Zhili Peng, Chunyu Ji, Yiqun Zhou, Tianshu Zhao and Roger M. Leblanc

Applied Materials Today, 2020, 20, 100677
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100677

Dual‐property blue and red emission carbon dots for Fe(III) ions detection and cellular imaging

Yin‐Long Xu, Rui‐Xue Mo, Cai‐Yu Qi, Zeng Ren, Xiu‐Zhi Jia, Zi‐Gui Kan, Cao‐Long Li and Fei Wang

Rare Metals, 2021, 40, 1957
DOI: 10.1007/s12598-020-01506-1

A Systematic Comparative Study of the Toxicity of Semiconductor and Graphitic Carbon-Based Quantum Dots Using In Vitro Cell Models

Maria Carmen Navarro-Ruiz, Angelina Cayuela, María Laura Soriano, Rocio Guzmán-Ruiz, Maria M. Malagón and Miguel Valcárcel

Applied Sciences, 2020, 10, 8845
DOI: 10.3390/app10248845

Full color fluorescent carbon quantum dots synthesized from triammonium citrate for cell imaging and white LEDs

Qianyang Chang, Xianju Zhou, Guotao Xiang, Sha Jiang, Li Li, Yongjie Wang, Yanhong Li, Zhongmin Cao, Xiao Tang, Faling Ling and Xiaobing Luo

Dyes and Pigments, 2021, 193, 109478
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2021.109478

Double-signal quantification of amoxicillin based on interaction with 4-aminoantipyrine at copper and nitrogen co-doped carbon quantum dots as an artificial nanozyme

Ashraf M. Mahmoud, Mohamed M. El-Wekil, Ramadan Ali, Hany A. Batakoushy and Reem Y. Shahin

Microchim Acta, 2022, 189
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-022-05253-1

Fluorescent carbon nanoparticles synthesized from bovine serum albumin nanoparticles

J.L. Pichardo-Molina, P.E. Cardoso-Avila, L.L. Flores-Villavicencio, N.M. Gomez-Ortiz and M.A. Rodriguez-Rivera

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2020, 142, 724
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.10.013

Nitric Oxide Photoreleasers with Fluorescent Reporting

Aurore Fraix, Cristina Parisi, Mimimorena Seggio and Salvatore Sortino

Chemistry A European J, 2021, 27, 12714
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101662

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

Sadat Anwar, Haizhen Ding, Mingsheng Xu, Xiaolong Hu, Zhenzhen Li, Jingmin Wang, Li Liu, Lei Jiang, Dong Wang, Chen Dong, Manqing Yan, Qiyang Wang and Hong Bi

ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2019, 2, 2317
DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00112

Enhanced Photosensitization by Carbon Dots Co-adsorbing with Dye on p-Type Semiconductor (Nickel Oxide) Solar Cells

Habtamu Fekadu Etefa, Toyoko Imae and Masatoshi Yanagida

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 18596
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c02413

Carbon dot/carbon nitride composites fluorescent probe for the highly selective detection of Cr(VI) ions

Xiaochun Zheng, Shoutian Ren, Qixiao Gai and Wenjun Liu

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2020, 400, 112711
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.112711

Carbon dots with tunable excitation-independent fluorescence and organelle-specific targeting via core graphitization and surface groups engineering

Ming-Yuan Sun, Bao-Hua Tian, Xin-Xin Li, Yu Li, Yu Lei, Xi-Lin Guo, Qiang Miao, Hao Li and Hai-Xia Liang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 496, 153729
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.153729

CQD@γ-Fe2O3 multifunctional nanoprobe for selective fluorescence sensing, detoxification and removal of Hg(II)

Snigdharani Panda, Biswaranjan Paital and Sasmita Mohapatra

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2020, 589, 124445
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.124445

Practical Three-Minute Synthesis of Acid-Coated Fluorescent Carbon Dots with Tuneable Core Structure

Stephen A. Hill, David Benito-Alifonso, Sean A. Davis, David J. Morgan, Monica Berry and M. Carmen Galan

Sci Rep, 2018, 8
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29674-2

Elastic carbon dot/polymer films for fluorescent tensile sensing and mechano-optical tuning

Nitzan Shauloff, Sagarika Bhattacharya and Raz Jelinek

Carbon, 2019, 152, 363
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2019.06.046

Carbon quantum dots for optical sensor applications: A review

Nur Afifah Ahmad Nazri, Nur Hidayah Azeman, Yunhan Luo and Ahmad Ashrif A Bakar

Optics & Laser Technology, 2021, 139, 106928
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2021.106928

A Review on One-Pot Multicomponent Organic Reactions Using Carbon Quantum Dots as Versatile Heterogeneous Catalyst

Maheswari Cinnathambi Subramani, Ismail Budiman, Subyakto Subyakto, Nidya Chitraningrum, Bernadeta Ayu Widyaningrum, Nur Adi Saputra, Anees Ameera Binti Fauzi, Toshimitsu Hata and Haribabu Jebiti

Top Catal, 2025, 68, 2296
DOI: 10.1007/s11244-025-02095-y

Nanobiotechnological approaches for breast cancer Management: Drug delivery systems and 3D In-Vitro models

Hossein Abolhassani, Alireza Eskandari, Anita Saremi Poor, Ali Zarrabi, Behnoosh Khodadadi, Sara Karimifard, Hamidreza Sahrayi, Mahsa Bourbour and Mohammad Tavakkoli Yaraki

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024, 508, 215754
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2024.215754

Kinetics and mechanism of efficient removal of Cu(II) ions from aqueous solutions using ethylenediamine functionalized cellulose sponge

Durgadevi Nagarajan and Swarnalatha Venkatanarasimhan

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2020, 148, 988
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.01.177

Plant Part-Derived Carbon Dots for Biosensing

Muhammad Zulfajri, Hani Nasser Abdelhamid, Sri Sudewi, Sandhiya Dayalan, Akhtar Rasool, Ahsan Habib and Genin Gary Huang

Biosensors, 2020, 10, 68
DOI: 10.3390/bios10060068

Carbon dots with red/near-infrared emissions and their intrinsic merits for biomedical applications

Hui Ding, Xuan-Xuan Zhou, Ji-Shi Wei, Xiao-Bing Li, Bo-Tao Qin, Xiao-Bo Chen and Huan-Ming Xiong

Carbon, 2020, 167, 322
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2020.06.024

Carbon Dot/Naphthalimide Based Ratiometric Fluorescence Biosensor for Hyaluronidase Detection

Pushap Raj, Seon-yeong Lee and Tae Yoon Lee

Materials, 2021, 14, 1313
DOI: 10.3390/ma14051313

A Perspective on Application of Carbon Quantum Dots in Luminescence Immunoassays

Mahdi Hesari and Zhifeng Ding

Front. Chem., 2020, 8
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.580033

Multichannel Sensor for Detection of Molybdenum Ions Based on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Quantum Dot Ensembles

Antônio A. C. Cruz, Natália D. G. Souza, João P. B. de Souza, Samuel V. Carneiro, Claudenilson S. Clemente, Jeanlex S. Sousa, Lillian M. U. D. Fechine, Sebastián Michea, Pierre B. A. Fechine and Rafael M. Freire

C, 2024, 10, 57
DOI: 10.3390/c10030057

Carbon-based metal oxide nanocomposites for water treatment by photocatalytic processes

Guillermo Cruz-Quesada, Cristian García-Ruíz, María Victoria López-Ramón, María del Pilar Fernández-Poyatos and Inmaculada Velo-Gala

Environmental Research, 2025, 279, 121724
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121724

Preparation of Biomass Waste-Derived Carbon Dots by the Thermal Degradation Process

Wiktoria Matyjasik, Krzysztof Matus, Olga Długosz, Jolanta Pulit-Prociak and Marcin Banach

ACS Omega, 2025, 10, 22529
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c10119

Carbon Nanodots-Based Polymer Nanocomposite: A Potential Drug Delivery Armament of Phytopharmaceuticals

Rabin Debnath, Abu Md Ashif Ikbal, Neeraj Kr. Ravi, Hanieh Kargarzadeh, Partha Palit and Sabu Thomas

Polymers, 2025, 17, 365
DOI: 10.3390/polym17030365

Carbon quantum dots from glucose oxidation as a highly competent anode material for lithium and sodium-ion batteries

Mohsin Javed, Ahmad Nauman Shah Saqib, Ata-ur-Rehman, Basit Ali, Muhammad Faizan, Daniel Adjah Anang, Zafar Iqbal and Syed Mustansar Abbas

Electrochimica Acta, 2019, 297, 250
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.11.167

The function-oriented precursor selection for the preparation of carbon dots

Yalan Xu, Chan Wang, Huan Zhuo, Dongrun Zhou and Qijun Song

Nano Res., 2023, 16, 11221
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5873-x

Multi-color carbon dots from cis-butenedioic acid and urea and highly luminescent carbon dots@Ca(OH)2 hybrid phosphors with excellent thermal stability for white light-emitting diodes

Bingjie Yu, Yunpeng Liu, Mengmeng Cao, Mengmeng Zhu, Renjie Chen and Huili Li

Journal of Luminescence, 2021, 237, 118202
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2021.118202

Sappanwood-derived green luminescent carbon dots for enhancing performance of dye-sensitized solar cell

Osama Madkhali

J Mater Sci: Mater Electron, 2024, 35
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-024-13454-y

A Green Synthesis Route to Derive Carbon Quantum Dots for Bioimaging Cancer Cells

Karthiga Anpalagan, Jimsheena Valiyakath Karakkat, Raz Jelinek, Nila Nandha Kadamannil, Tian Zhang, Ivan Cole, Kulmira Nurgali, Hong Yin and Daniel T. H. Lai

Nanomaterials, 2023, 13, 2103
DOI: 10.3390/nano13142103

MnMgFe-LDHs/ZIF-8/B, N-WMCNTs nanocomposites for efficient electrochemical detection of nitrite and heavy metal ions

Xue Du, Tong Han, Biao Jin, Long-Yue Meng and Lian-Hua Han

Carbon Lett., 2025, 35, 2287
DOI: 10.1007/s42823-025-00922-6

Carbon dots-based nanoclusters for sonodynamic therapy of bacterial infection enhanced by deep biofilm penetration and hypoxia alleviation

Tao Zhang, Haiyan Xing, Miao Xiong, Mengqin Gu, Zhigang Xu, Lei Zhang, Yuejun Kang and Peng Xue

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 488, 150819
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.150819

Electrical stimulation enables dynamic regulation of the tribological behaviors of polyelectrolyte-modified carbon dots

Zihao Mou, Jie Peng, Ruixin Yan, Qingbin Yang, Bin Zhao and Dan Xiao

Carbon, 2023, 203, 11
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2022.11.042

Carbon dots: emerging theranostic nanoarchitectures

Vijay Mishra, Akshay Patil, Sourav Thakur and Prashant Kesharwani

Drug Discovery Today, 2018, 23, 1219
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2018.01.006

Improving visible-light-induced photocatalytic ability of TiO2 through coupling with Bi3O4Cl and carbon dot nanoparticles

Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh, Solmaz Feizpoor, Davod Seifzadeh and Srabanti Ghosh

Separation and Purification Technology, 2020, 238, 116404
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.116404

Aptamer-Functionalized Micro- and Nanocarriers for Controlled Release

Margarita Vázquez-González and Itamar Willner

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 9520
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c17121

Using 19F NMR to Investigate Cationic Carbon Dot Association with Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Riley E. Lewis, Cheng-Hsin Huang, Jason C. White and Christy L. Haynes

ACS Nanosci. Au, 2023, 3, 408
DOI: 10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.3c00022

One step synthesis of functionalized carbon dots for the ultrasensitive detection of Escherichia coli and iron (III)

Soumen Chandra, Triveni Kumar Mahto, Angshuman Ray Chowdhuri, Balaram Das and Sumanta kumar Sahu

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017, 245, 835
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2017.02.017

Enhancing antifouling property of PVA membrane by grafting zwitterionic polymer via SI-ATRP method

Mengmeng Cui, Mingcheng Shen, Li Zhou, Zhongkuan Luo, Haohao Zhou, Xinlin Yang and Huiyuan Hu

Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, 2020, 31, 1852
DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2020.1780681

Antibacterial efficiency of carbon dots against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria: A review

Meera Varghese and Manoj Balachandran

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2021, 9, 106821
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.106821

Gadolinium-Doped Carbon Nanodots as Potential Anticancer Tools for Multimodal Image-Guided Photothermal Therapy and Tumor Monitoring

Nicolò Mauro, Roberta Cillari, Cesare Gagliardo, Mara Andrea Utzeri, Maurizio Marrale and Gennara Cavallaro

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2023, 6, 17206
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.3c03583

Red-emitting and antibacterial carbon dots for cellular imaging and skin wound healing

Sara Karami, Mojtaba Shamsipur, Ali Barati, Reza Fartootzadeh, Fatemeh Molaabasi, Mohsen Alipour and Hamid Cheraghian Radi

Adv. Nat. Sci: Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 2023, 14, 015012
DOI: 10.1088/2043-6262/acc453

Carbon dots as robust class of sustainable and environment friendlier nano/optical sensors for pesticide recognition from wastewater

Tahir Rasheed

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023, 160, 116957
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2023.116957

Highly Green Emissive Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Dots with Excellent Thermal Stability for Bioimaging and Solid-State LED

Waheed Ullah Khan, Deyin Wang and Yuhua Wang

Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 15229
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02524

3D Network of Sepia Melanin and N‐ and, S‐Doped Graphitic Carbon Quantum Dots for Sustainable Electrochemical Capacitors

Abdelaziz Gouda, John Manioudakis, Rafik Naccache, Francesca Soavi and Clara Santato

Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2021, 5
DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202100152

Carbon Quantum Dots with High Photothermal Conversion Efficiency and Their Application in Photothermal Modulated Reversible Deformation of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogel

Zizhuo Zhai, Xipeng Dong, Hongxia Qi, Ranting Tao and Pudun Zhang

ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2023, 6, 3395
DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.3c00046

Recent advances in chiral carbonized polymer dots: From synthesis and properties to applications

Yi Ru, Lin Ai, Tongtong Jia, Xingjiang Liu, Siyu Lu, Zhiyong Tang and Bai Yang

Nano Today, 2020, 34, 100953
DOI: 10.1016/j.nantod.2020.100953

Green fluorescent carbon dots as targeting probes for LED‐dependent bacterial killing

Jennifer Samphire, Yuiko Takebayashi, Stephen A. Hill, Nicholas Hill, Kate J. Heesom, Philip A. Lewis, Dominic Alibhai, Eilis C. Bragginton, Josephine Dorh, Neciah Dorh, James Spencer and M. Carmen Galan

Nano Select, 2022, 3, 662
DOI: 10.1002/nano.202100183

Tricolor White-Light-Emitting Carbon Dots with Multiple-Cores@Shell Structure for WLED Application

Tianyi Zhang, Feifei Zhao, Li Li, Bin Qi, Dongxia Zhu, Jianhua Lü and Changli Lü

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 19796
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b03529

Carbon dots based fluorescence methods for the detections of pesticides and veterinary drugs: Response mechanism, selectivity improvement and application

Jing Wang, Xiuming Teng, Yishui Wang, Shuxin Si, Jing Ju, Wei Pan, Jinping Wang, Xiaobo Sun and Weijun Wang

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2021, 144, 116430
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2021.116430

Carbon dots (CDs): basics, recent potential biomedical applications, challenges, and future perspectives

Shalmali Hui

J Nanopart Res, 2023, 25
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-023-05701-w

Role of surface charge on the interaction between carbon nanodots and human serum albumin

Meng-Ying Li, Chang-Qing Xiao, Zi-Qiang Xu, Miao-Miao Yin, Qi-Qi Yang, Yu-Lin Yin and Yi Liu

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2018, 204, 484
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.06.082

Carbon Quantum Dots for Energy Applications: A Review

Akash S. Rasal, Sudesh Yadav, Anchal Yadav, Anil A. Kashale, Subrahmanya Thagare Manjunatha, Ali Altaee and Jia-Yaw Chang

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2021, 4, 6515
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c01372

The effect of carbon chain length of starting materials on the formation of carbon dots and their optical properties

Xiaohua Pan, Yan Zhang, Xiaobo Sun, Wei Pan, Guifeng Yu, Shuxin Si and Jinping Wang

Mater. Res. Express, 2018, 5, 045603
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aaba5e

The modulation of the photophysical and photodynamic therapy activities of a phthalocyanine by detonation nanodiamonds: Comparison with graphene quantum dots and carbon nanodots

Refilwe Matshitse, Muthumuni Managa and Tebello Nyokong

Diamond and Related Materials, 2020, 101, 107617
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2019.107617

Green synthesis, biomedical and biotechnological applications of carbon and graphene quantum dots. A review

Siavash Iravani and Rajender S. Varma

Environ Chem Lett, 2020, 18, 703
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-020-00984-0

Effect of detonation nanodiamonds on the electrocatalytic activity of asymmetric cobalt phthalocyanine: Covalent versus non‐covalent linking

Lunathi Ncwane, Lekhetho S. Mpeta and Tebello Nyokong

Electroanalysis, 2023, 35
DOI: 10.1002/elan.202200541

Dual emissive carbon dots: Synthesis strategies, properties and its ratiometric sensing applications

Shagun Kainth, Banibrata Maity, Nagaraj P. Shetti, Soumen Basu and Raghava Reddy Kakarla

Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 2023, 33, 100931
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoso.2022.100931

Fabrication of FexCoCrAlNi medium and high entropy layers on a carbon steel through TIG cladding

P. Sorouri Mirazizi, M. Sarkari Khorrami and M. Heydarzadeh Sohi

Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2022, 290, 126616
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.126616

Fabrication of novel g-C3N4 nanosheet/carbon dots/Ag6Si2O7 nanocomposites with high stability and enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity

Soheila Asadzadeh-Khaneghah, Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh and S. Vadivel

Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2019, 103, 94
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2019.07.018

A mild oxidation cleavage-and-polymerization strategy towards sulfonate-modified carbon dots for enhanced oil recovery

Jialin Li, Luming Meng, Zhongtao He, Xuan Han, Caili Dai, Wenting Wu, Qingshan Zhao, Bin Yuan and Yining Wu

Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 2026, 257, 214218
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoen.2025.214218

Fabrication of fluorescence sensor based on molecularly imprinted polymer on amine-modified carbon quantum dots for fast and highly sensitive and selective detection of tannic acid in food samples

Shabnam Sistani and Hajar Shekarchizadeh

Analytica Chimica Acta, 2021, 1186, 339122
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.339122

Ratiometric fluorescent nanosensor based on carbon dots for the detection of mercury ion

Yusha Ma, Jing Mei, Jianliang Bai, Xu Chen and Lili Ren

Mater. Res. Express, 2018, 5, 055605
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aac419

Pyromellitic acid-derived highly fluorescent N-doped carbon dots for the sensitive and selective determination of 4-nitrophenol

Dinh Khoi Dang, Chandrasekaran Sundaram, Yen-Linh Thi Ngo, Won Mook Choi, Jin Suk Chung, Eui Jung Kim and Seung Hyun Hur

Dyes and Pigments, 2019, 165, 327
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.02.029

One-pot synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon dots for highly sensitive determination of cobalt ions and biological imaging

Min Tian, Junqiu Zhang, Yaoming Liu, Yingte Wang and Yong Zhang

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2021, 252, 119541
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.119541

Insights and Perspectives Regarding Nanostructured Fluorescent Materials toward Tackling COVID-19 and Future Pandemics

Mohit Saraf, Mohammad Tavakkoli Yaraki, Prateek, Yen Nee Tan and Raju Kumar Gupta

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2021, 4, 911
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.0c02945