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Applications of Lignin‐Dervied Carbon Quantum Dots: Current Status and Challenges

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Aggregation-induced emission of carbon quantum dots: Mechanisms and applications

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Room temperature phosphorescent carbon dot composites in aqueous solutions: synthesis, properties, and tumor diagnosis and therapy

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Peptide-photosensitizer conjugates: From molecular design to function and antibacterial applications

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Effect of precursors on carbon dot functionalization and applications: a review

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Rationally assembling different surface functionalized carbon dots for enhanced near-infrared tumor photothermal therapy

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Review of Pharmacologically Active Carbon Dots as Versatile Nanotherapeutics

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Donor‐Acceptor Type Supra‐Carbon‐Dots with Long Lifetime Photogenerated Radicals Boosting Tumor Photodynamic Therapy

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Establishing a Model Precursor System: Over a Decade of Research on Carbon Dots from the Citric Acid‐Urea System

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Carbon dots with molecular pores achieve pH-responsive fluorescence by loading L-arginine for intracellular dynamic imaging and scald wound healing

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Nucleolus-Targeting Carbon Dot Nanocomplexes for Combined Photodynamic/Photothermal Therapy

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Ternary CD/Co3O4@MnCo2O4 heterojunction nanozymes for enhanced sonodynamic/NIR–II–photothermal/nanocatalytic therapy through triple amplification of ROS generation

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Lysosome-specific chemical platforms for precision oncology: from structural design to biological applications

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Interfacial Engineering of Fluorescent Carbon Dots with Metal Oxides for Real‐Time Visualization of Oxygen Vacancy Dynamics

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Full-colors by luminescence induced by UV excitation in carbon dots synthesized by graphite laser ablation and oxidation in liquids

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Core-tailored carbon dots with ultrabroadband dynamic afterglow for highly secure data encryption and anticounterfeiting

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A powerful agonist for metal ion interference therapy: Multiple programs of cell death to amplify tumor metalloimmunotherapy

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N, S-Doped Carbon Dots (N, S-CDs) for Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS) Detection

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Precursor engineering towards orange- and red-emissive carbon dots for LEDs with tunable emission colors

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Water-soluble carbon dots with AIE characteristics for latent fingerprints recognition and information encryption

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Emerging applications of rare‐earth fluoride nanocrystals in medicine and biotechnologies

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Super‐capacitive carbon materials with large micropores and rich mesopores synthesized using N, S co‐doped carbon dots as self‐templates

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Aggregation-Induced Emission Carbon Dot-Based Multicolor Circularly Polarized Afterglow with a High Luminescence Dissymmetry Factor

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Amylopectin from maize-derived carbonized polymer dots as a novel high-efficiency antioxidant for periodontitis treatment

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α-Fe Nanoparticles and Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Composite with Improved Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Tumor Therapy

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Esterase‐Responsive Mitochondria‐Targeted Hydropersulfide Donors Mitigate Doxorubicin Cardiotoxicity While Preserving Anticancer Activity

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Transformative Potentials of Magnetic Micro- and Nanobots Using Programmable Electromagnetic Platforms for Next-Generation Therapeutics and Sensing

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Photo‐responsive carbon dots for pyroptosis‐mediated anti‐tumor application

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A rational synthesis strategy of multicolor carbon nanodots for efficient visual detection of NaNO2

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Achieve Phosphorescence Activation Through the Modulation of Intermolecular Forces within the Matrix

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Molecularly Engineered Controlled Release Systems for Local Anesthetics in Precise Pain Management

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Subcellular Aggregation of Photosensitizers Overrides Reactive Oxygen Species Generation in Photodynamic Therapy Effects

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Engineered fluorescent microspheres of carbon dots with tunable luminescence

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Photothermal Sensitive Nano Heterojunction Triggering Ferroptosis and PANoptosis for Improving Tumor Immunotherapy

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Constructing Carbonized Polymer Dot-Based Color-Tunable Long-Lived Circularly Polarized Afterglow via Supramolecular Phosphorescence Resonance Energy Transfer

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Formation and photoluminescence mechanism of fluorescent brightener-derived full-color emissive bioactive carbon dots for targeted microbial theranostics

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Two-Photon Absorption Carbon Quantum Dot Composite Films for Optical Limiting Applications

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Concentration-dependent multicolor and photo-responsive dynamic fluorescent carbon dots for recyclable dynamic information encoding

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Enhanced Room-Temperature Phosphorescence in Carbon Dots through Microwave-Assisted Aluminum-Based Surface Polymerization for Information Encryption and Anticounterfeiting

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Light‐Triggered Azobenzene‐Based Modulator of Membrane Tension Enhances Antitumor Photoimmunotherapy

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Surface‐Engineered Dual‐Emission of Carbon Dots for Ratiometric Detection of Hydroxyl Radicals

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Mitochondria‐Targeted Molecular Tools in Precise Tumor Therapy

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Multifunctional Manganese‐Based Nanocomposites for Enhanced Immunotherapy by Regulating Lactate Metabolism and Activating the cGAS‐STING Pathway

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Carbon dots in electrochemiluminescence: Mechanisms, interface engineering, and bioanalytical applications

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Synergistic effect mechanism of the core state, surface state, and solvent relaxation of N-doped red carbon dots

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Influence of Carbon Dots on Quality of Strawberry Fruits

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Recent Progress on Carbon Dots for Tumor Photodynamic Therapy

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Recent advances in nanozyme-based theranostics

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Mixed TiO 2 –SiO 2 thin coatings for selective adsorption and sunlight‐powered photodegradation of cationic pollutants

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Recent advances in the synthesis of carbon dots from waste materials and their applications in medicine energy storage and environmental clean-up

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Dual-Mode Responsive Dynamic Afterglow Color in Carbon Dots and Carbon Nitride Composite for Advanced Optical Information and Temperature Sensors

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Recent advances and prospects of carbon dots in phototherapy

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Light-responsive nanotherapeutic carbon dots: a next generation tool for cancer phototherapy

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Carbon Dots in Biomedicine: A Review

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Cancer Therapy with Carbon Dots

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