Optical Properties of Carbon Dots in the Deep‐Red to Near‐Infrared Region Are Attractive for Biomedical Applications

Near-Infrared Carbon Dot-Based Platform for Bioimaging and Photothermal/Photodynamic/Quaternary ammonium Triple Synergistic Sterilization Triggered by Single NIR Light Source

(2021) Xiaohong Chu et al.   CARBON

Enhanced Near-Infrared Emission from Carbon Dots by Surface Deprotonation

(2021) Enshan Liu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Ultra-narrow-bandwidth graphene quantum dots for superresolved spectral and spatial sensing

(2021) Zhen Wang et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Time‐Dependent Phosphorescence Colors from Carbon Dots for Advanced Dynamic Information Encryption

(2021) Jing Tan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nucleolin-Targeted Ratiometric Fluorescent Carbon Dots with a Remarkably Large Emission Wavelength Shift for Precise Imaging of Cathepsin B in Living Cancer Cells

(2021) Yizhong Shen et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Near-Infrared Emitting Graphene Quantum Dots Synthesized from Reduced Graphene Oxide for in vitro/in vivo/ex vivo Bioimaging Applications

(2021) Md Tanvir Hasan et al.   2D Materials

Fluorescent Carbon Dots: Fantastic Electroluminescent Materials for Light‐Emitting Diodes

(2021) Biao Zhao et al.   Advanced Science

NIR-II bioimaging of small organic molecule

(2021) Yingbin Su et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Dual Photoluminescence Emission Carbon Dots for Ratiometric Fluorescent GSH Sensing and Cancer Cell Recognition

(2020) Lin Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Two-Photon Dual-Emissive Carbon Dot-Based Probe: Deep-Tissue Imaging and Ultrasensitive Sensing of Intracellular Ferric Ions

(2020) Pooria Lesani et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Photonic Carbon Dots as an Emerging Nanoagent for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications

(2020) You Jung Chung et al.   ACS Nano

Deep Red Emissive Carbonized Polymer Dots with Unprecedented Narrow Full Width at Half Maximum

(2020) Junjun Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

UV–Vis–NIR Full‐Range Responsive Carbon Dots with Large Multiphoton Absorption Cross Sections and Deep‐Red Fluorescence at Nucleoli and In Vivo

(2020) Lei Jiang et al.   Small

Near‐Infrared Chemiluminescent Carbon Nanodots and Their Application in Reactive Oxygen Species Bioimaging

(2020) Cheng‐Long Shen et al.   Advanced Science

Targeted tumour theranostics in mice via carbon quantum dots structurally mimicking large amino acids

(2020) Shuhua Li et al.   Nature Biomedical Engineering

Red-Emitting Carbon Dots as a Dual Sensor for In3+ and Pd2+ in Water

(2020) Shweta Pawar et al.   ACS Omega

Emission Wavelength Switchable Carbon Dots Combined with Biomimetic Inorganic Nanozymes for a Two-Photon Fluorescence Immunoassay

(2020) Yuanjin Zhan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Enriched graphitic N dopants of carbon dots as F cores mediate photothermal conversion in the NIR-II window with high efficiency

(2020) Bijiang Geng et al.   CARBON

Carbon dots with red emission for bioimaging of fungal cells and detecting Hg2+ and ziram in aqueous solution

(2020) Yanqiu Chen et al.   SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

The room temperature afterglow mechanism in carbon dots: Current state and further guidance perspective

(2020) Yuqiong Sun et al.   CARBON

The Elusive Nature of Carbon Nanodot Fluorescence: An Unconventional Perspective

(2020) Marcello Righetto et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Toward Bright Red-Emissive Carbon Dots through Controlling Interaction among Surface Emission Centers

(2020) Evgeny V. Kundelev et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Carbon Nanodots in Photodynamic Antimicrobial Therapy: A Review

(2020) Rachael Knoblauch et al.   Materials

Full-color fluorescent carbon quantum dots

(2020) Liang Wang et al.   Science Advances

Morphology Control of Luminescent Carbon Nanomaterials: From Dots to Rolls and Belts

(2020) Tao Liang et al.   ACS Nano

Bright Mn-doped carbon dots for the determination of permanganate and L-ascorbic acid by a fluorescence on-off-on strategy

(2020) Xu Chu et al.   Microchimica Acta

Chemiluminescent carbon dots: Synthesis, properties, and applications

(2020) Cheng-Long Shen et al.   Nano Today

Carbon Dots: A New Type of Carbon-Based Nanomaterial with Wide Applications

(2020) Junjun Liu et al.   ACS Central Science

Optical processes in carbon nanocolloids

(2020) Giulio Ragazzon et al.   Chem

Metal-doped and hybrid carbon dots: A comprehensive review on their synthesis and biomedical applications

(2020) Neeraj Tejwan et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Ce6-Modified Carbon Dots for Multimodal-Imaging-Guided and Single-NIR-Laser-Triggered Photothermal/Photodynamic Synergistic Cancer Therapy by Reduced Irradiation Power

(2019) Shan Sun et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Theranostic Carbon Dots with Innovative NIR-II Emission for in Vivo Renal Excreted Optical Imaging and Photothermal Therapy

(2019) Youbin Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Red/orange dual-emissive carbon dots for pH sensing and cell imaging

(2019) Miaoran Zhang et al.   Nano Research

Red Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of CDs@Zeolite Composites Triggered by Heteroatoms in Zeolite Frameworks

(2019) Bolun Wang et al.   ACS Central Science

Carbon Dots for In Vivo Bioimaging and Theranostics

(2019) Jianjun Du et al.   Small

The Advanced Role of Carbon Quantum Dots in Nanomedical Applications

(2019) Pooja Devi et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Recent Advances on Graphene Quantum Dots: From Chemistry and Physics to Applications

(2019) Yibo Yan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Universal Strategy for Activating the Multicolor Room-Temperature Afterglow of Carbon Dots in a Boric Acid Matrix

(2019) Wei Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Realization of the Photostable Intrinsic Core Emission from Carbon Dots through Surface Deoxidation by Ultraviolet Irradiation

(2019) Minghong Sun et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Highly efficient and stable white LEDs based on pure red narrow bandwidth emission triangular carbon quantum dots for wide-color gamut backlight displays

(2019) Fanglong Yuan et al.   Nano Research

Hydrophobic carbon dots with blue dispersed emission and red aggregation-induced emission

(2019) Haiyao Yang et al.   Nature Communications

Bright and Multicolor Chemiluminescent Carbon Nanodots for Advanced Information Encryption

(2019) Cheng‐Long Shen et al.   Advanced Science

Nanocarbons for Biology and Medicine: Sensing, Imaging, and Drug Delivery

(2019) Nishtha Panwar et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Synthesis of Dual-emissive Carbon Dots with a Unique Solvatochromism Phenomenon

(2019) Shuangshuang Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Highly fluorescent near-infrared emitting carbon dots derived from lemon juice and its bioimaging application

(2019) Hui Ding et al.   JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE

A Red Emissive Two‐Photon Fluorescence Probe Based on Carbon Dots for Intracellular pH Detection

(2019) Xiaoxue Ye et al.   Small

Efficient Red/Near‐Infrared‐Emissive Carbon Nanodots with Multiphoton Excited Upconversion Fluorescence

(2019) Kai‐Kai Liu et al.   Advanced Science

Near-infrared emissive carbon dots with 33.96% emission in aqueous solution for cellular sensing and light-emitting diodes

(2019) Boyang Wang et al.   Science Bulletin

Nucleolus-Targeted Red Emissive Carbon Dots with Polarity-Sensitive and Excitation-Independent Fluorescence Emission: High-Resolution Cell Imaging and in Vivo Tracking

(2019) Xian-Wu Hua et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

sp2–sp3-Hybridized Atomic Domains Determine Optical Features of Carbon Dots

(2019) Nikita V. Tepliakov et al.   ACS Nano

Evolution and Synthesis of Carbon Dots: From Carbon Dots to Carbonized Polymer Dots

(2019) Chunlei Xia et al.   Advanced Science

Carbon Dots Exhibiting Concentration-Dependent Full-Visible-Spectrum Emission for Light-Emitting Diode Applications

(2019) Yongqiang Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Carbon Dots in a Matrix: Energy-Transfer-Enhanced Room-Temperature Red Phosphorescence

(2019) Bolun Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mn2+ complex-modified polydopamine- and dual emissive carbon dots based nanoparticles for in vitro and in vivo trimodality fluorescent, photothermal, and magnetic resonance imaging

(2019) Ming Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Thermally Activated Upconversion Near‐Infrared Photoluminescence from Carbon Dots Synthesized via Microwave Assisted Exfoliation

(2019) Di Li et al.   Small

A Magnetofluorescent Carbon Dot Assembly as an Acidic H2 O2 -Driven Oxygenerator to Regulate Tumor Hypoxia for Simultaneous Bimodal Imaging and Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy

(2018) Qingyan Jia et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Near-Infrared Excitation/Emission and Multiphoton-Induced Fluorescence of Carbon Dots

(2018) Di Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

NIR-responsive carbon dots for efficient photothermal cancer therapy at low power densities

(2018) Bijiang Geng et al.   CARBON

Artifacts and Errors Associated with the Ubiquitous Presence of Fluorescent Impurities in Carbon Nanodots

(2018) Jeremy B. Essner et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Reduction of graphene oxide quantum dots to enhance the yield of reactive oxygen species for photodynamic therapy

(2018) Ying Zhang et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Solvent-Controlled Synthesis of Highly Luminescent Carbon Dots with a Wide Color Gamut and Narrowed Emission Peak Widths

(2018) Hui Ding et al.   Small

Small molecular organic nanocrystals resemble carbon nanodots in terms of their properties

(2018) Syamantak Khan et al.   Chemical Science

Engineering triangular carbon quantum dots with unprecedented narrow bandwidth emission for multicolored LEDs

(2018) Fanglong Yuan et al.   Nature Communications

Photoluminescence tuning in carbon dots: surface passivation or/and functionalization, heteroatom doping

(2018) Linbo Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Hydrogen Peroxide-Treated Carbon Dot Phosphor with a Bathochromic-Shifted, Aggregation-Enhanced Emission for Light-Emitting Devices and Visible Light Communication

(2018) Zhengjie Zhou et al.   Advanced Science

Photothermal therapy and photoacoustic imaging via nanotheranostics in fighting cancer

(2018) Yijing Liu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Multifunctional hyaluronic acid-derived carbon dots for self-targeted imaging- guided photodynamic therapy

(2018) Lizhen Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Influence of molecular fluorophores on the research field of chemically synthesized carbon dots

(2018) Yuan Xiong et al.   Nano Today

In Vivo Tumor Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy Based on Supra-(Carbon Nanodots)

(2018) Guiying Xu et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

In vivo theranostics with near-infrared-emitting carbon dots—highly efficient photothermal therapy based on passive targeting after intravenous administration

(2018) Xin Bao et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Two-photon-excited near-infrared emissive carbon dots as multifunctional agents for fluorescence imaging and photothermal therapy

(2017) Minhuan Lan et al.   Nano Research

Engineering carbon quantum dots for photomediated theranostics

(2017) Mahbub Hassan et al.   Nano Research

Self-Assembled Carbon Dot Nanosphere: A Robust, Near-Infrared Light-Responsive, and Vein Injectable Photosensitizer

(2017) Qingyan Jia et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Full-Color Inorganic Carbon Dot Phosphors for White-Light-Emitting Diodes

(2017) Zhen Tian et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

The optical and electronic properties of graphene quantum dots with oxygen-containing groups: a density functional theory study

(2017) Jianguang Feng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Carbon dots in zeolites: A new class of thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials with ultralong lifetimes

(2017) Jiancong Liu et al.   Science Advances

Near-infrared fluorophores for biomedical imaging

(2017) Guosong Hong et al.   Nature Biomedical Engineering

One-Pot To Synthesize Multifunctional Carbon Dots for Near Infrared Fluorescence Imaging and Photothermal Cancer Therapy

(2016) Min Zheng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Toward Efficient Orange Emissive Carbon Nanodots through Conjugated sp2 -Domain Controlling and Surface Charges Engineering

(2016) Songnan Qu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Molecularly Designed, Nitrogen-Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Devices

(2016) Hiroyuki Tetsuka et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Toward High-Efficient Red Emissive Carbon Dots: Facile Preparation, Unique Properties, and Applications as Multifunctional Theranostic Agents

(2016) Shan Sun et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Functionalized carbon nanoparticles: Syntheses and applications in optical bioimaging and energy conversion

(2016) Gregory E. LeCroy et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Shining carbon dots: Synthesis and biomedical and optoelectronic applications

(2016) Fanglong Yuan et al.   Nano Today

Near-infrared emissive carbon dots for two-photon fluorescence bioimaging

(2016) Lulu Pan et al.   Nanoscale

One-step microwave synthesis of N-doped hydroxyl-functionalized carbon dots with ultra-high fluorescence quantum yields

(2016) Yongqiang Zhang et al.   Nanoscale

Tunable multicolor carbon dots prepared from well-defined polythiophene derivatives and their emission mechanism

(2016) Liang Guo et al.   Nanoscale

Near-infrared emissive lanthanide hybridized carbon quantum dots for bioimaging applications

(2016) Fengshou Wu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Supra-(carbon nanodots) with a strong visible to near-infrared absorption band and efficient photothermal conversion

(2016) Di Li et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Full-Color Light-Emitting Carbon Dots with a Surface-State-Controlled Luminescence Mechanism

(2015) Hui Ding et al.   ACS Nano

Red-Emissive Carbon Dots for Fluorescent, Photoacoustic, and Thermal Theranostics in Living Mice

(2015) Jiechao Ge et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Tunable Photoluminescence Across the Entire Visible Spectrum from Carbon Dots Excited by White Light

(2015) Shengliang Hu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Carbon Nanomaterials for Biological Imaging and Nanomedicinal Therapy

(2015) Guosong Hong et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Imaging agents based on lanthanide doped nanoparticles

(2015) L. Prodi et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Carbon quantum dots and their applications

(2015) Shi Ying Lim et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

N,S-Induced Electronic States of Carbon Nanodots Toward White Electroluminescence

(2015) Sungan Do et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Deep Ultraviolet to Near-Infrared Emission and Photoresponse in Layered N-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots

(2014) Libin Tang et al.   ACS Nano

Carbon dots—Emerging light emitters for bioimaging, cancer therapy and optoelectronics

(2014) Katerina Hola et al.   Nano Today

Glowing Graphene Quantum Dots and Carbon Dots: Properties, Syntheses, and Biological Applications

(2014) Xin Ting Zheng et al.   Small

A graphene quantum dot photodynamic therapy agent with high singlet oxygen generation

(2014) Jiechao Ge et al.   Nature Communications

Large-scale fabrication of heavy doped carbon quantum dots with tunable-photoluminescence and sensitive fluorescence detection

(2014) Siwei Yang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Revealing the tunable photoluminescence properties of graphene quantum dots

(2014) Mahasin Alam Sk et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Facile Synthetic Method for Pristine Graphene Quantum Dots and Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots: Origin of Blue and Green Luminescence

(2013) Fei Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Surface Chemistry Routes to Modulate the Photoluminescence of Graphene Quantum Dots: From Fluorescence Mechanism to Up-Conversion Bioimaging Applications

(2012) Shoujun Zhu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Tunable Photoluminescence from Graphene Oxide

(2012) Chih-Tao Chien et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nano-graphene in biomedicine: theranostic applications

(2012) Kai Yang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Review of Long-Wavelength Optical and NIR Imaging Materials: Contrast Agents, Fluorophores, and Multifunctional Nano Carriers

(2012) Vikram J. Pansare et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Exploring the electronic structure of graphene quantum dots

(2012) Bikash Mandal et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH

Photoacoustic Tomography: In Vivo Imaging from Organelles to Organs

(2012) L. V. Wang et al.   SCIENCE

Electrochemical Tuning of Luminescent Carbon Nanodots: From Preparation to Luminescence Mechanism

(2011) Lei Bao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly efficient photoluminescent graphene oxide with tunable surface properties

(2010) Qingsong Mei et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Triplet States and Electronic Relaxation in Photoexcited Graphene Quantum Dots

(2010) Mallory L. Mueller et al.   NANO LETTERS

Blue Photoluminescence from Chemically Derived Graphene Oxide

(2009) Goki Eda et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Second window for in vivo imaging

(2009) Andrew M. Smith et al.   Nature Nanotechnology