ReviewRSC advances2019
Carbon quantum dots and their biomedical and therapeutic applications: a review.
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126 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Actively Targeted Nanoparticles for Enhanced Diagnosis, Treatment, and Vaccination of Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025Pooled it
- Green synthesis of carbon quantum dots and the preparation of bio-nanocomposites based on chitosan with modified refractive indices and optoelectronic properties.RSC advances · 2026Article
- Carbon quantum dot incorporated AV/carboxymethyl cellulose hydrogel for enhanced wound healing.RSC advances · 2026Article
- Excitonic and Optical Transduction Mechanisms in Quantum Dot Sensors for Environmental Pollutant Detection.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Engineering nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots: investigating the role of dopant isomer configuration.RSC advances · 2026Article
- Carbon Dots in Nanomedicine: Advanced Fabrication, Biomedical Applications, and Future Clinical Perspectives.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- Ecofriendly hydrothermal synthesis of lemon peel derived multifunctional carbon quantum dots for biomedical and environmental sensing applications.Discover nano · 2026Article
- Fe-Doped Carbon Quantum Dots with Magneto-Fluorescent Dual Modality for Fluorescence and Magnetic Resonance Readouts.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- From Polyphenols to Prodrugs: Bridging the Blood-Brain Barrier with Nanomedicine and Neurotherapeutics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Biogenic Carbon dots Derived from Mammea suriga for dye Degradation and Biological Applications.Journal of fluorescence · 2026Article
- Hydrothermally synthesized silver-decorated propolis quantum dots: a dual-action antibacterial and antioxidant nanocomposite.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026Article
- Carbon dots penetrating the blood-brain barrier for central nervous system nanomedicine.Theranostics · 2026Review
- Carbon dots in cancer therapy: a novel approach to targeted drug delivery and reduced toxicity in gallbladder cancer.Frontiers in chemistry · 2026Review
- DFT-guided photostable chitosan-derived carbon quantum dots as colloidal antibacterial and bioimaging agents.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Green synthesis and multi-Gaussian analysis of carbon quantum dots from orange peels: optical properties, phonon interactions, and Huang-Rhys factor characterization.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sustainable carbon quantum dots synthesized from yeast β-glucan as a promising nanomaterial for biological applications.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Carbon dots as probes in FLIM:a review of applications and advances in cellular imaging.RSC advances · 2025Review
- Next-Generation Biomaterials: Design Strategies, Clinical Translation, and the Rise of Intelligent Therapeutic Platforms.ACS omega · 2025Review
- Evaluating the role of monovalent and divalent salts on interfacial tension reduction using nitrogen doped carbon dots for enhanced oil recovery.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Carbon Dots for Nucleic Acid-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Focus on Oxidative DNA Damage.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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Abstract
In recent years, nano carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have received increasing attention due to their properties such as small size, fluorescence emission, chemical stability, water solubility, easy synthesis, and the possibility of functionalization. CQDs are fluorescent 0D carbon nanostructures with sizes below 10 nm. The fluorescence in CQDs originates from two sources, the fluorescence emission from bandgap transitions of conjugated π-domains and fluorescence from surface defects. The CQDs can emit fluorescence in the near-infrared (NIR) spectral region which makes them appropriate for biomedical applications. The fluorescence in these structures can be tuned with respect to the excitation wavelength. The CQDs have found applications in different areas such as biomedicine, photocatalysis, photosensors, solar energy conversion, light emitting diodes (LEDs),
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