ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Research Progress Towards and Prospects of Carbon Dots Derived from Tea and Chinese Medicinal Materials.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Carbon dots derived from natural medicines: Therapeutic advances and challenges.Journal of pharmaceutical analysis · 2026Review
- Tea-residue-derived carbon nanomaterials for adsorption-degradation coupling: mechanistic insights into pollutant removal and sustainability challenges.RSC advances · 2026Review
- Food-Derived Carbon Dots: Formation, Detection, and Impact on Gut Microbiota.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Silkworm Cocoon-Derived Carbon Dots for Post-Trauma Hemostasis and Tissue Repair.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
This review focuses on the research progress related to carbon dots (CDs) derived from Chinese herbal medicines and tea, covering preparation methods, physicochemical properties, and application fields. It elaborates on preparation approaches like hydrothermal, solvothermal, microwave-assisted, and ultrasonic-assisted methods, and their influence on CDs' structure and properties. It also explores CDs' structural and optical properties. The application fields include antibacterial, sensing, bioimaging, photocatalysis, hemostasis, and energy. Carbon dots show antibacterial activity by destroying bacterial cell membranes, they can detect various substances in sensing, are important for bioimaging, degrade organic pollutants in photocatalysis, have hemostatic and anti-inflammatory effects, and can be used as battery anode materials. Despite progress, challenges remain in improving yield, quantum yield, property control, and understanding their mechanism of action. This review provides a reference for related research and looks ahead to future directions.
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