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

Quantum Dots for Live Cells, in Vivo Imaging, and Diagnostics

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Quantum-Sized Carbon Dots for Bright and Colorful Photoluminescence

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Luminescent Carbon Nanodots: Emergent Nanolights

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PEGylated Nanographene Oxide for Delivery of Water-Insoluble Cancer Drugs

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Nano-graphene oxide for cellular imaging and drug delivery

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Hydrothermal Route for Cutting Graphene Sheets into Blue‐Luminescent Graphene Quantum Dots

Pan, D., Zhang, J., Li, Z., & Wu, M. (2009) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.200902825 · Cited by 2,857 · see citing works

Carbon nanodots: synthesis, properties and applications

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Water‐Soluble Fluorescent Carbon Quantum Dots and Photocatalyst Design

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Graphene Quantum Dots Derived from Carbon Fibers

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Carbon‐Based Dots Co‐doped with Nitrogen and Sulfur for High Quantum Yield and Excitation‐Independent Emission

Dong, Y., Pang, H., Yang, H., Guo, C., Shao, J., Chi, Y., Li, C. M., & Yu, T. (2013) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201301114 · Cited by 2,271 · see citing works

Carbon Dots for Multiphoton Bioimaging

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Graphene quantum dots: emergent nanolights for bioimaging, sensors, catalysis and photovoltaic devices

Shen, J., Zhu, Y., Yang, X., & Li, C. (2012) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/c2cc00110a · Cited by 2,071 · see citing works

Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots with Oxygen-Rich Functional Groups

Li, Y., Zhao, Y., Cheng, H., Hu, Y., Shi, G., Dai, L., & Qu, L. (2011) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja206030c · Cited by 2,060 · see citing works

Blue Photoluminescence from Chemically Derived Graphene Oxide

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Heteroatom-doped graphene materials: syntheses, properties and applications

Wang, X., Sun, G., Routh, P., Kim, D., Huang, W., & Chen, P. (2014) · Chemical Society Reviews · doi:10.1039/c4cs00141a · Cited by 1,897 · see citing works

Blue luminescent graphene quantum dots and graphene oxide prepared by tuning the carbonization degree of citric acid

Dong, Y., Shao, J., Chen, C., Li, H., Wang, R., Chi, Y., Lin, X., & Chen, G. (2012) · Carbon · doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2012.06.002 · Cited by 1,865 · see citing works

Fluorescent Carbon Nanoparticles Derived from Candle Soot

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An Electrochemical Avenue to Green‐Luminescent Graphene Quantum Dots as Potential Electron‐Acceptors for Photovoltaics

Li, Y., Hu, Y., Zhao, Y., Shi, G., Deng, L., Hou, Y., & Qu, L. (2010) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201003819 · Cited by 1,621 · see citing works

Strongly green-photoluminescent graphene quantum dots for bioimaging applications

Zhu, S., Zhang, J., Qiao, C., Tang, S., Li, Y., Yuan, W., Li, B., Tian, L., Liu, F., Hu, R., et al. (2011) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/c1cc11122a · Cited by 1,593 · see citing works

Carbon Dots for Optical Imaging in Vivo

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Focusing on luminescent graphene quantum dots: current status and future perspectives

Li, L., Wu, G., Yang, G., Peng, J., Zhao, J., & Zhu, J. (2013) · Nanoscale · doi:10.1039/c3nr33849e · Cited by 1,488 · see citing works

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

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Electrochemistry of Graphene and Related Materials

Ambrosi, A., Chua, C. K., Bonanni, A., & Pumera, M. (2014) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/cr500023c · Cited by 1,214 · see citing works

One-Pot Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Nanoribbons, Nanoparticles, and Graphene by the Exfoliation of Graphite in Ionic Liquids

Lu, J., Yang, J.-X., Wang, J., Lim, A. E.-J., Wang, S., & Loh, K. P. (2009) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn900546b · Cited by 1,203 · see citing works

Fluorescent Carbon Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Bioimaging Application

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Highly luminescent S, N co-doped graphene quantum dots with broad visible absorption bands for visible light photocatalysts

Qu, D., Zheng, M. J., Du, P., Zhou, Y., Zhang, L., Li, D., Tan, H., Zhao, Z., Xie, Z., & Sun, Z. (2013) · Nanoscale · doi:10.1039/c3nr04402e · Cited by 1,185 · see citing works

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

Zhu, S., Zhang, J., Tang, S., Qiao, C., Wang, L., Wang, H., Liu, X., Li, B., Li, Y., Yu, W., et al. (2012) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.201201499 · Cited by 1,154 · see citing works

Upconversion and Downconversion Fluorescent Graphene Quantum Dots: Ultrasonic Preparation and Photocatalysis

Zhuo, S., Shao, M., & Lee, S. (2012) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn2040395 · Cited by 1,020 · see citing works

Polyamine-Functionalized Carbon Quantum Dots as Fluorescent Probes for Selective and Sensitive Detection of Copper Ions

Dong, Y., Wang, R., Li, G., Chen, C., Chi, Y., & Chen, G. (2012) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ac3012126 · Cited by 993 · see citing works

One-step synthesis of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles by laser irradiation

Hu, S.-L., Niu, K.-Y., Sun, J., Yang, J., Zhao, N.-Q., & Du, X.-W. (2009) · J. Mater. Chem. · doi:10.1039/b812943f · Cited by 968 · see citing works

An Aqueous Route to Multicolor Photoluminescent Carbon Dots Using Silica Spheres as Carriers

Liu, R., Wu, D., Liu, S., Koynov, K., Knoll, W., & Li, Q. (2009) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.200900652 · Cited by 966 · see citing works

Strong Two-Photon-Induced Fluorescence from Photostable, Biocompatible Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots for Cellular and Deep-Tissue Imaging

Liu, Q., Guo, B., Rao, Z., Zhang, B., & Gong, J. R. (2013) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl400368v · Cited by 958 · see citing works

Carbon Dots as Nontoxic and High-Performance Fluorescence Imaging Agents

Yang, S., Wang, X., Wang, H., Lu, F., Luo, P. G., Cao, L., Meziani, M. J., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Chen, M., et al. (2009) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · doi:10.1021/jp9085969 · Cited by 950 · see citing works

Surface Functionalized Carbogenic Quantum Dots

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Electrochemiluminescence of Water-Soluble Carbon Nanocrystals Released Electrochemically from Graphite

Zheng, L., Chi, Y., Dong, Y., Lin, J., & Wang, B. (2009) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja809073f · Cited by 907 · see citing works

Graphene quantum dots: an emerging material for energy-related applications and beyond

Zhang, Z., Zhang, J., Chen, N., & Qu, L. (2012) · Energy & Environmental Science · doi:10.1039/c2ee22982j · Cited by 897 · see citing works

Bottom-Up Fabrication of Photoluminescent Graphene Quantum Dots with Uniform Morphology

Liu, R., Wu, D., Feng, X., & Müllen, K. (2011) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja204953k · Cited by 892 · see citing works

A Facile Microwave Avenue to Electrochemiluminescent Two‐Color Graphene Quantum Dots

Li, L., Ji, J., Fei, R., Wang, C., Lu, Q., Zhang, J., Jiang, L., & Zhu, J. (2012) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.201200166 · Cited by 890 · see citing works

Facile preparation of low cytotoxicity fluorescent carbon nanocrystals by electrooxidation of graphite

Zhao, Q., Zhang, Z., Huang, B.-H., Peng, J., Zhang, M., & Pang, D. (2008) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/b812420e · Cited by 884 · see citing works

Carbon Dots with Continuously Tunable Full-Color Emission and Their Application in Ratiometric pH Sensing

Nie, H.-F., Li, M., Li, Q.-S., Liang, S., Tan, Y., Sheng, L., Shi, W.-G., & Zhang, S. (2014) · Chemistry of Materials · doi:10.1021/cm5003669 · Cited by 879 · see citing works

Optically Tunable Amino‐Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots

Tetsuka, H., Asahi, R., Nagoya, A., Okamoto, K., Tajima, I., Ohta, R., & Okamoto, A. (2012) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201201930 · Cited by 877 · see citing works

Coal as an abundant source of graphene quantum dots

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Tuning the Photoluminescence of Graphene Quantum Dots through the Charge Transfer Effect of Functional Groups

Jin, S., Kim, D. H., Jun, G. H., Hong, S. H., & Jeon, S. (2012) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn304675g · Cited by 857 · see citing works

Recent advances in graphene quantum dots for sensing

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Facile preparation and upconversion luminescence of graphene quantum dots

Shen, J., Zhu, Y., Cheng, C., Yang, X., & Li, C. (2010) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/c0cc04812g · Cited by 808 · see citing works

Synthesis of Large, Stable Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots with Tunable Size

Yan, X., Cui, X., & Li, L. (2010) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja1009376 · Cited by 803 · see citing works

Carbon “quantum” dots for optical bioimaging

Luo, P. G., Sahu, S. P., Yang, S., Sonkar, S. K., Wang, J., Wang, H., LeCroy, G. E., Cao, L., & Sun, Y. (2013) · Journal of Materials Chemistry B · doi:10.1039/c3tb00018d · Cited by 797 · see citing works

One-pot green synthesis of optically pH-sensitive carbon dots with upconversion luminescence

Jia, X., Li, J., & Wang, E. (2012) · Nanoscale · doi:10.1039/c2nr31319g · Cited by 796 · see citing works

Photoluminescence Properties of Graphene versus Other Carbon Nanomaterials

Cao, L., Meziani, M. J., Sahu, S. P., & Sun, Y. (2012) · Accounts of Chemical Research · doi:10.1021/ar300128j · Cited by 778 · see citing works

Facile synthesis of water-soluble, highly fluorescent graphene quantum dots as a robust biological label for stem cells

Zhang, M., Bai, L., Shang, W., Xie, W., Ma, H., Fu, Y., Fang, D., Sun, H., Fan, L., Han, M., et al. (2012) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c2jm16835a · Cited by 758 · see citing works

Graphene Quantum Dots-Band-Aids Used for Wound Disinfection

Sun, H., Gao, N., Dong, K., Ren, J., & Qu, X. (2014) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn501640q · Cited by 757 · see citing works

Nano-carrier for gene delivery and bioimaging based on carbon dots with PEI-passivation enhanced fluorescence

Liu, C., Zhang, P., Zhai, X., Tian, F., Li, W., Yang, J., Liu, Y., Wang, H., Wang, W., & Liu, W. (2012) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.01.052 · Cited by 756 · see citing works

Amphiphilic Egg‐Derived Carbon Dots: Rapid Plasma Fabrication, Pyrolysis Process, and Multicolor Printing Patterns

Wang, J., Wang, C., & Chen, S. (2012) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201204381 · Cited by 752 · see citing works

In Vivo NIR Fluorescence Imaging, Biodistribution, and Toxicology of Photoluminescent Carbon Dots Produced from Carbon Nanotubes and Graphite

Tao, H., Yang, K., Ma, Z., Wan, J., Zhang, Y., Kang, Z., & Liu, Z. (2011) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.201101706 · Cited by 733 · see citing works

Carbon Dots Prepared by Hydrothermal Treatment of Dopamine as an Effective Fluorescent Sensing Platform for the Label‐Free Detection of Iron(III) Ions and Dopamine

Qu, K., Wang, J., Ren, J., & Qu, X. (2013) · Chemistry - A European Journal · doi:10.1002/chem.201300042 · Cited by 708 · see citing works

Light‐Triggered Theranostics Based on Photosensitizer‐Conjugated Carbon Dots for Simultaneous Enhanced‐Fluorescence Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy

Huang, P., Lin, J., Wang, X., Wang, Z., Zhang, C., He, M., Wang, K., Chen, F., Li, Z., Shen, G., et al. (2012) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201200650 · Cited by 704 · see citing works

Revealing the tunable photoluminescence properties of graphene quantum dots

Sk, M. A., Ananthanarayanan, A., Huang, L., Lim, K. H., & Chen, P. (2014) · Journal of Materials Chemistry C · doi:10.1039/c4tc01191k · Cited by 703 · see citing works

Anomalous Behaviors of Visible Luminescence from Graphene Quantum Dots: Interplay between Size and Shape

Kim, S., Hwang, S. W., Kim, M.-K., Shin, D. Y., Shin, D. H., Kim, C. O., Yang, S. B., Park, J. H., Hwang, E. H., Choi, S., et al. (2012) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn302878r · Cited by 693 · see citing works

Commercially activated carbon as the source for producing multicolor photoluminescent carbon dots by chemical oxidation

Qiao, Z., Wang, Y., Gao, Y., Li, H., Dai, T., Liu, Y., & Huo, Q. (2010) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/c0cc02724c · Cited by 673 · see citing works

Transforming C60 molecules into graphene quantum dots

Lu, J., Yeo, P. S. E., Gan, C. K., Wu, P., & Loh, K. P. (2011) · Nature Nanotechnology · doi:10.1038/nnano.2011.30 · Cited by 652 · see citing works

Analytical and bioanalytical applications of carbon dots

da Silva, J. C. G. E., & Gonçalves, H. M. R. (2011) · TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.trac.2011.04.009 · Cited by 629 · see citing works

One-step and high yield simultaneous preparation of single- and multi-layer graphene quantum dots from CX-72 carbon black

Dong, Y., Chen, C., Zheng, X. T., Gao, L., Cui, Z., Yang, H., Guo, C., Chi, Y., & Li, C. M. (2012) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c2jm30658a · Cited by 624 · see citing works

Synthesis-Modification Integration: One-Step Fabrication of Boronic Acid Functionalized Carbon Dots for Fluorescent Blood Sugar Sensing

Shen, P., & Xia, Y. (2014) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ac5001338 · Cited by 598 · see citing works

Nitrogen-Doped Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots and Their Size-Dependent Electrocatalytic Activity for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Li, Q., Zhang, S., Dai, L., & Li, L. (2012) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja309270h · Cited by 593 · see citing works

Preparation of carbon quantum dots with tunable photoluminescence by rapid laser passivation in ordinary organic solvents

Li, X., Wang, H., Shimizu, Y., Pyatenko, A., Kawaguchi, K., & Koshizaki, N. (2010) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/c0cc03552a · Cited by 583 · see citing works

Long lifetime pure organic phosphorescence based on water soluble carbon dots

Deng, Y., Zhao, D., Chen, X., Wang, F., Song, H., & Shen, D. (2013) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/c3cc42600a · Cited by 564 · see citing works

Synthesis of highly fluorescent nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots for sensitive, label-free detection of Fe (III) in aqueous media

Ju, J., & Chen, W. (2014) · Biosensors and Bioelectronics · doi:10.1016/j.bios.2014.02.061 · Cited by 563 · see citing works

Carbon Dot‐Based Inorganic–Organic Nanosystem for Two‐Photon Imaging and Biosensing of pH Variation in Living Cells and Tissues

Kong, B., Zhu, A., Ding, C., Zhao, X., Li, B., & Tian, Y. (2012) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201202599 · Cited by 555 · see citing works

Photo-Fenton Reaction of Graphene Oxide: A New Strategy to Prepare Graphene Quantum Dots for DNA Cleavage

Zhou, X., Zhang, Y., Wang, C., Wu, X., Yang, Y., Zheng, B., Wu, H., Guo, S., & Zhang, J. (2012) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn301629v · Cited by 537 · see citing works

Facile Synthesis of Graphene Quantum Dots from 3D Graphene and their Application for Fe3+ Sensing

Ananthanarayanan, A., Wang, X., Routh, P., Sana, B., Lim, S., Kim, D., Lim, K. H., Li, J., & Chen, P. (2014) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.201303441 · Cited by 516 · see citing works

Easy Synthesis and Imaging Applications of Cross-Linked Green Fluorescent Hollow Carbon Nanoparticles

Fang, Y., Guo, S., Li, D., Zhu, C., Ren, W., Dong, S., & Wang, E. (2011) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn2046373 · Cited by 511 · see citing works

One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of graphenequantum dots surface-passivated by polyethylene glycol and their photoelectric conversion under near-infrared light

Shen, J., Zhu, Y., Yang, X., Zong, J., Zhang, J., & Li, C. (2011) · New Journal of Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c1nj20658c · Cited by 509 · see citing works

Hollow luminescent carbon dots for drug delivery

Wang, Q., Huang, X., Long, Y., Wang, X., Zhang, H., Zhu, R., Liang, L., Teng, P., & Zheng, H. (2013) · Carbon · doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2013.03.009 · Cited by 493 · see citing works

Highly selective detection of phosphate in very complicated matrixes with an off–on fluorescent probe of europium-adjusted carbon dots

Zhao, H. X., Liu, L. Q., Liu, Z. D., Wang, Y., Zhao, X., & Huang, C. Z. (2011) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/c0cc04399k · Cited by 482 · see citing works

Cutting sp2 clusters in graphene sheets into colloidal graphene quantum dots with strong green fluorescence

Pan, D., Guo, L., Zhang, J., Xi, C., Xue, Q., Huang, H., Li, J., Zhang, Z., Yu, W., Chen, Z., et al. (2012) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c2jm16005f · Cited by 473 · see citing works

Synthesis and analytical applications of photoluminescent carbon nanodots

Hsu, P.-C., Shih, Z., Lee, C., & Chang, H. (2012) · Green Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c2gc16451e · Cited by 459 · see citing works

One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of highly luminescent nitrogen-doped amphoteric carbon dots for bioimaging from Bombyx mori silk - natural proteins.

Wu, Z.-L., Zhang, P., Gao, M., Liu, C.-F., Wang, W., Leng, F., & Huang, C. (2013) · Journal of materials chemistry. B · doi:10.1039/c3tb20418a · Cited by 457 · see citing works

Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Dots: A Facile and General Preparation Method, Photoluminescence Investigation, and Imaging Applications

Xu, Y., Wu, M. J., Liu, Y., Feng, X., Yin, X., He, X., & Zhang, Y. (2013) · Chemistry - A European Journal · doi:10.1002/chem.201203641 · Cited by 452 · see citing works

Graphene quantum dots as autophagy-inducing photodynamic agents

Marković, Z. M., Ristic, B. Z., Arsikin, K. M., Klisic, D., Harhaji-Trajkovic, L. M., Marković, B. M. T., Kepić, D., Kravic‐Stevovic, T., Jovanović, S., Milenkovic, M. M., et al. (2012) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.06.060 · Cited by 441 · see citing works

Fabrication of highly fluorescent graphene quantum dots using l-glutamic acid for in vitro/in vivo imaging and sensing

Wu, X., Tian, F., Wang, W., Chen, J., Wu, M., & Zhao, J. X. (2013) · Journal of Materials Chemistry C · doi:10.1039/c3tc30820k · Cited by 440 · see citing works

Creating high yield water soluble luminescent graphene quantum dots via exfoliating and disintegrating carbon nanotubes and graphite flakes

Lin, L., & Zhang, S. (2012) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/c2cc35559k · Cited by 435 · see citing works

One-step preparation of nitrogen-doped graphenequantum dots from oxidized debris of graphene oxide

Hu, C., Liu, Y., Yang, Y., Cui, J., Huang, Z., Wang, Y., Yang, L., Wang, H., Xiao, Y., & Rong, J. (2012) · Journal of Materials Chemistry B · doi:10.1039/c2tb00189f · Cited by 422 · see citing works

Effect of Injection Routes on the Biodistribution, Clearance, and Tumor Uptake of Carbon Dots

Huang, X., Zhang, F., Zhu, L., Choi, K. Y., Guo, N., Guo, J., Tackett, K. N., Anilkumar, P., Liu, G., Quan, Q., et al. (2013) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn401911k · Cited by 418 · see citing works

Photodynamic antibacterial effect of graphene quantum dots

Ristic, B. Z., Milenkovic, M. M., Dakić, I., Marković, B. M. T., Milosavljević, M., Budimir, M. D., Paunović, V., Dramićanin, M. D., Marković, Z. M., & Trajković, V. (2014) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.02.014 · Cited by 416 · see citing works

Graphene quantum dots with controllable surface oxidation, tunable fluorescence and up-conversion emission

Zhu, S., Zhang, J., Liu, X., Li, B., Wang, X., Tang, S., Meng, Q., Li, Y., Shi, C., Hu, R., et al. (2012) · RSC Advances · doi:10.1039/c2ra20182h · Cited by 406 · see citing works

Facile synthesis of highly emissive carbon dots from pyrolysis of glycerol; gram scale production of carbon dots/mSiO2 for cell imaging and drug release

Lai, C.-W., Hsiao, Y.-H., Peng, Y., & Chou, P. (2012) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c2jm32206d · Cited by 385 · see citing works

Si-Doped Carbon Quantum Dots: A Facile and General Preparation Strategy, Bioimaging Application, and Multifunctional Sensor

Qian, Z., Shan, X., Chai, L., Ma, J., Chen, J., & Feng, H. X. (2014) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/am500403n · Cited by 383 · see citing works

Encapsulation of Strongly Fluorescent Carbon Quantum Dots in Metal–Organic Frameworks for Enhancing Chemical Sensing

Lin, X., Gao, G., Zheng, L., Chi, Y., & Chen, G. (2013) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ac403536a · Cited by 372 · see citing works

Photoluminescent Carbon Dots as Biocompatible Nanoprobes for Targeting Cancer Cells in Vitro

Li, Q., Ohulchanskyy, T. Y., Liu, R., Koynov, K., Wu, D., Best, A., Kumar, R., Bonoiu, A. C., & Prasad, P. N. (2010) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · doi:10.1021/jp911539r · Cited by 362 · see citing works

Microwave–hydrothermal synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots from graphite oxide

Wang, Q., Zheng, H., Long, Y., Zhang, L., Gao, M., & Bai, W. (2011) · Carbon · doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2011.03.041 · Cited by 354 · see citing works

In Situ Growth of Silver Nanoparticles on Graphene Quantum Dots for Ultrasensitive Colorimetric Detection of H2O2 and Glucose

Chen, S., Hai, X., Chen, X., & Wang, J. (2014) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ac501497d · Cited by 334 · see citing works

Carbon-based quantum dots for fluorescence imaging of cells and tissues

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