Issue 35, 2016

Carbon dots: surface engineering and applications

Abstract

Carbon dots have attracted a great deal of attention because of their high performance, cheap and facile preparation, and potential applications in a wide area. In order to broaden their applications, especially to meet specific requirements, surface engineering, including tailoring surface functional group coating and subsequent chemical modification as required, is an effective strategy for further functionalization of carbon dots. In this article, representative approaches to coating the surface with various functional groups, and strategies for conjugating specific materials onto the surface of carbon dots for functional modification via covalent bonds, electrostatic interactions and hydrogen bonds are highlighted, as well as the results from explorations of their various applications in target modulated sensing, accurate drug delivery and bioimaging at high resolution.

Graphical abstract: Carbon dots: surface engineering and applications

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
19 Apr. 2016
Accepted
19 Jūl. 2016
First published
19 Jūl. 2016

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016,4, 5772-5788

Carbon dots: surface engineering and applications

W. Liu, C. Li, Y. Ren, X. Sun, W. Pan, Y. Li, J. Wang and W. Wang, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016, 4, 5772 DOI: 10.1039/C6TB00976J

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