This review presents up-to-date research findings and critical insights on trending topics of pristine CQDs and CQDs-based 2D nanomaterial composites.
Heteroatom-doped CQDs have been considered as one of the most effective strategies for improving quantum yield and inherent properties by adding more coordination sites and introducing additional defects.
Organic dots is a term used to represent materials including graphene quantum dots and carbon quantum dots because they rely on the presence of other atoms (O, H, and N) for their photoluminescence or fluorescence properties. Cargo delivery, bio-imaging, photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy are major biomedical applications of organic dots.
The biomedical applications of the recently emerging carbon quantum dots are reviewed.
This review summarizes diverse methods of performance improvement for infrared (IR) colloidal quantum dots (CQDs)-based photoelectric conversion devices, and provides guidelines for practical applications.