ReviewMikrochimica acta2021
Carbon dots for virus detection and therapy.
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19 citing papers in PubMed.
- Improving the Hydrophilicity of the Drugs Paclitaxel, Violacein, and Tetrandrine Using Carbon-Based Quantum Dots.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Recent Progress on Carbon-Dots-Based Probes for Microbial Labeling and Versatile Analysis Applications.Biosensors · 2026Review
- Chlorogenic acid carbon dots inhibit NDV proliferation by suppressing virus-induced mitochondrial autophagy and MAVS degradation in host cells.Materials today. Bio · 2025Article
- Biomimetic Carbon-Based Nanomaterials: From Design Strategies to Next-Generation Biosensing and Theranostic Applications.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Review
- Carbon dots: A promising tool for viral infection treatment.Materials today. Bio · 2025Review
- Rapid, Economical Detection ofACS omega · 2025Article
- Imaging of Viral Genomic RNA Replication with Nanoprobes.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025Article
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- Rapid assays of SARS-CoV-2 virus and noble biosensors by nanomaterials.Nano convergence · 2024Review
- The Impact of Cadmium Selenide Zinc Sulfide Quantum Dots on the Proteomic Profile ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Predictable incorporation of nitrogen into carbon dots: insights from pinacol rearrangement and iminium ion cyclization.Nanoscale advances · 2023Article
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- A Novel Vision of Reinforcing Nanofibrous Masks with Metal Nanoparticles: Antiviral Mechanisms Investigation.Advanced fiber materials · 2023Review
- Carbon-based nanomaterials against SARS-CoV-2: Therapeutic and diagnostic applications.OpenNano · 2023Article
- Available and novel plant-based carbon dots derived from Vaccaria Semen carbonisata alleviates liver fibrosis.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023Article
- Multifunctional role of carbon dot-based polymer nanocomposites in biomedical applications: a review.Journal of materials science · 2023Review
- Quantum Dots and Their Interaction with Biological Systems.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- The Pivotal Role of Quantum Dots-Based Biomarkers Integrated with Ultra-Sensitive Probes for Multiplex Detection of Human Viral Infections.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Recent advances in carbon quantum dots for virus detection, as well as inhibition and treatment of viral infection.Nano convergence · 2022Review
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Abstract
Recent experience with the COVID-19 pandemic should be a lesson learnt with respect to the effort we have to invest in the development of new strategies for the treatment of viral diseases, along with their cheap, easy, sensitive, and selective detection. Since we live in a globalized world where just hours can play a crucial role in the spread of a virus, its detection must be as quick as possible. Thanks to their chemical stability, photostability, and superior biocompatibility, carbon dots are a kind of nanomaterial showing great potential in both the detection of various virus strains and a broad-spectrum antiviral therapy. The biosensing and antiviral properties of carbon dots can be tuned by the selection of synthesis precursors as well as by easy post-synthetic functionalization. In this review, we will first summarize current options of virus detection utilizing carbon dots by either electrochemical or optical biosensing approaches. Secondly, we will cover and share the up-to-date knowledge of carbon dots' antiviral properties, which showed promising activity against various types of viruses including SARS-CoV-2. The mechanisms of their antiviral actions will be further adressed as well. Finally, we will discuss the advantages and distadvantages of the use of carbon dots in the tangled battle against viral infections in order to provide valuable informations for further research and development of new virus biosensors and antiviral therapeutics.
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