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ReviewBeilstein journal of organic chemistry2017

Fluorescent carbon dots from mono- and polysaccharides: synthesis, properties and applications.

Stephen Hill, M Carmen Galan

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Review in Beilstein journal of organic chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Stephen HillSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
M Carmen GalanSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluorescent carbon dots (FCDs) are an emerging class of nanomaterials made from carbon sources that have been hailed as potential non-toxic replacements to traditional semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). Particularly in the areas of live imaging and drug delivery, due to their water solubility, low toxicity and photo- and chemical stability. Carbohydrates are readily available chiral biomolecules in nature which offer an attractive and cheap starting material from which to synthesise FCDs with distinct features and interesting applications. This mini-review article will cover the progress in the development of FCDs prepared from carbohydrate sources with an emphasis on their synthesis, functionalization and technical applications, including discussions on current challenges.

Indexed as

fluorescent carbon dotsmonosaccharidesnanomaterialsnanotechnology applicationspolysaccharides

Identifiers

PMID28503203
PMCPMC5405683

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