Pharmaceutics,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
13(11), P. 1874 - 1874
Published: Nov. 5, 2021
This
review
outlines
the
methods
for
preparing
carbon
dots
(CDs)
from
various
natural
resources
to
select
process
produce
CDs
with
best
biological
application
efficacy.
The
oxidative
activity
of
mainly
involves
photo-induced
cell
damage
and
destruction
biofilm
matrices
through
production
reactive
oxygen
species
(ROS),
thereby
causing
auto-apoptosis.
Recent
research
has
found
that
derived
organic
sources
can
treat
cancer
cells
as
effectively
conventional
drugs
without
normal
cells.
obtained
by
heating
a
source
inherit
properties
similar
which
they
are
derived.
Importantly,
these
characteristics
be
exploited
perform
non-invasive
targeted
therapy
on
human
cancers,
avoiding
harm
caused
body
treatments.
attractive
large-scale
clinical
applications.
Water,
herbs,
plants,
probiotics
ideal
carbon-containing
used
synthesize
therapeutic
diagnostic
have
become
focus
attention
due
their
excellent
light
stability,
fluorescence,
good
biocompatibility,
low
toxicity.
They
applied
biosensors,
bioimaging,
diagnosis,
treatment
These
advantages
make
application,
providing
new
technologies
disease
occurrence,
research.
iScience,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
25(2), P. 103816 - 103816
Published: Jan. 25, 2022
The
discovery
of
carbon
dots
(CDs)
for
environmental
remediation
has
gained
awareness
because
the
diverse
economically
viable
and
friendly
green
precursors
generated
from
biowastes
biomass
compared
to
toxic
inorganic
quantum
CDs
prepared
chemical
precursors.
This
review
presents
recent
progress
in
CDs,
including
their
synthesis
methods
sensing
applications
detection
heavy
metal
ions
such
as
Iron
(III),
Mercury
(II),
Copper
Chromium
(VI),
Lead
Arsenic
Cobalt
Aluminum
Silver
(I),
Gold
(III)
which
are
prominent
pollutants.
comparison
based
on
selectivity,
sensitivity,
yield,
limit,
linear
concentration
range,
mechanisms
also
reported.
covers
performance
doped
using
heteroatoms,
toward
ions.
Apart
future
perspectives,
this
provides
a
general
guide
use
detect
harmful
Frontiers in Materials,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
9
Published: July 1, 2022
Fluorescent
carbon
nanoparticles
also
termed
as
quantum
dots
(CQDs)
have
attracted
so
much
interest
when
compared
to
the
traditional
semiconductor
due
their
applications
in
chemical
sensing,
biomedical
imaging,
nanotechnology,
photovoltaics,
light-emitting
diodes
(LEDs),
and
electrochemistry.
Along
with
optical
features,
CQDs
desired
properties
such
less
toxicity,
environmentally
friendly
nature,
inexpensive,
simple
preparation
processes.
In
addition,
can
physical
controlled
by
surface
passivation
functionalization.
This
article
provides
an
account
of
because
distinct
characteristics
considerable
capacity
diverse
applications.
The
is
categorized
into
various
sections
that
highlight
synthesis
methodologies
advantages/disadvantages
potential
sensors,
bio-imaging,
drug
delivery,
solar
cells,
supercapacitors.
different
be
demonstrated
methods.
We
discussed
gas
sensing
briefly
provided
a
brief
overview
osmotic
power
generation
using
for
energy
Frontiers in Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
10
Published: April 13, 2022
All
forms
of
life
have
absolute
request
for
metal
elements,
because
elements
are
instrumental
in
various
fundamental
processes.
Fluorescent
probes
been
widely
used
due
to
their
ease
operation,
good
selectivity,
high
spatial
and
temporal
resolution,
sensitivity.
In
this
paper,
the
research
progress
ion
(Fe
3+
,Fe
2+
,Cu
,Zn
,Hg
,Pb
,Cd
)
fluorescent
recent
years
has
reviewed,
fluorescence
prepared
with
different
structures
materials
environments
introduced.
It
is
great
significance
improve
sensing
performance
on
ions.
This
a
wide
prospect
application
fields
sensing,
quantitative
analysis,
biomedicine
so
on.
paper
discusses
about
development
applications
future.
Energy & Fuels,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
38(3), P. 2235 - 2247
Published: Jan. 22, 2024
The
utilization
of
exceptionally
efficient
and
long-lasting
electrocatalysts
made
from
platinum-free
materials
holds
immense
promise
for
mitigating
the
energy
crisis
through
production
H2
O2
via
water
splitting
applications.
In
this
study,
a
facile
hydrothermal
method
was
used
to
synthesize
nitrogen-doped
carbon
dots
(NDCDs)
Luffa
acutangula
α-NiS@NDCDs
composite
NDCDs,
nickel
nitrate,
thiourea.
resulting
characterized
using
various
analytical
techniques,
such
as
HR-TEM,
EDS,
XPS,
XRD,
FT-IR.
electrocatalytic
hydrogen
evolution
reaction
(HER),
oxygen
(OER),
overall
(OWS)
α-NiS,
were
evaluated
by
linear
sweep
voltammetry,
Tafel,
chronopotentiometry,
cyclic
voltammetry
(CV),
electrochemical
impedance
spectroscopy
(EIS)
in
1
M
KOH.
Remarkably,
exhibited
excellent
catalytic
activity
toward
HER,
OER,
OWS,
requiring
only
low
overpotential
achieve
current
density
10
mA
cm–2.
Furthermore,
greater
stability
(40
h)
synthesized
assessed
chronopotentiometry
at
constant
Overall,
promising
highlighting
its
potential
application
conversion.
present
work
confirmed
utility
(173
mV,
1.4972
V,
1.6114
V
respectively)
electrocatalyst
reactions.
Nanomaterials,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(3), P. 312 - 312
Published: Jan. 18, 2022
Over
past
decades,
the
multicolor
carbon
dots
(M-CDs)
have
attracted
enormous
attentions
due
to
their
tunable
photoluminescence
and
versatile
applications.
Herein,
nitrogen-doped
(N-doped)
M-CDs
including
green,
chartreuse,
pink
emissive
CDs
are
successfully
synthesized
by
ultrasonic
treatment
of
kiwifruit
juice
with
different
additive
reagents
such
as
ethanol,
ethylenediamine,
acetone.
Owing
strong
fluorescence
upon
irradiation
365
nm
UV
light,
highly
water-soluble
present
great
potential
in
anticounterfeit
field
fluorescent
inks.
Particularly,
resulting
green
emission
(G-CDs)
excellent
stability
applied
a
label-free
probe
model
for
"on-off"
detection
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