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

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

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Synthesis of Carbon Dots with Multiple Color Emission by Controlled Graphitization and Surface Functionalization

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

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

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Coal as an abundant source of graphene quantum dots

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Near‐Infrared Photoluminescent Polymer–Carbon Nanodots with Two‐Photon Fluorescence

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Graphitic Nitrogen Triggers Red Fluorescence in Carbon Dots

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Ratiometric optical nanoprobes enable accurate molecular detection and imaging

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Carbon quantum dots from natural resource: A review

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Investigation from chemical structure to photoluminescent mechanism: a type of carbon dots from the pyrolysis of citric acid and an amine

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Shining carbon dots: Synthesis and biomedical and optoelectronic applications

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Truly Fluorescent Excitation‐Dependent Carbon Dots and Their Applications in Multicolor Cellular Imaging and Multidimensional Sensing

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

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Molecular Fluorescence in Citric Acid-Based Carbon Dots

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Multifunctional materials for implantable and wearable photonic healthcare devices

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Charge-Convertible Carbon Dots for Imaging-Guided Drug Delivery with Enhanced in Vivo Cancer Therapeutic Efficiency

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Optical nano-agents in the second near-infrared window for biomedical applications

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Self-targeting fluorescent carbon dots for diagnosis of brain cancer cells.

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An updated overview on the development of new photosensitizers for anticancer photodynamic therapy

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In Vivo Biodistribution and Toxicology of Carboxylated Graphene Quantum Dots

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

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A Magnetofluorescent Carbon Dot Assembly as an Acidic H2O2‐Driven Oxygenerator to Regulate Tumor Hypoxia for Simultaneous Bimodal Imaging and Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy

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

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Degradability and Clearance of Inorganic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

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

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Photodynamic antibacterial effect of graphene quantum dots

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Carbon dots: Biomacromolecule interaction, bioimaging and nanomedicine

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Multifunctional N,S co-doped carbon quantum dots with pH- and thermo-dependent switchable fluorescent properties and highly selective detection of glutathione

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Amyloid-β and tau complexity — towards improved biomarkers and targeted therapies

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Future Perspectives and Review on Organic Carbon Dots in Electronic Applications

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Nitrogen and Phosphorus Co-Doped Carbon Nanodots as a Novel Fluorescent Probe for Highly Sensitive Detection of Fe3+ in Human Serum and Living Cells

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Highly Fluorescent Chiral N‐S‐Doped Carbon Dots from Cysteine: Affecting Cellular Energy Metabolism

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The advanced role of carbon quantum dots in nanomedical applications

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Water-Soluble Gadofullerenes: Toward High-Relaxivity, pH-Responsive MRI Contrast Agents

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Three Colors Emission from S,N Co‐doped Graphene Quantum Dots for Visible Light H2 Production and Bioimaging

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

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

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