Recent developments in carbon dots: a biomedical application perspective

Le Tu; Qian Li; Sheng Qiu; Meiqin Li; Jinwoo Shin; Pan Wu; Nem Singh; Junrong Li; Qihang Ding; Cong Hu; Xiaoxing Xiong; Yao Sun; Jong Seung Kim

doi:10.1039/D2TB02794A

Recent developments in carbon dots: a biomedical application perspective

Le Tu,†^ab Qian Li,†^b Sheng Qiu,†^a Meiqin Li,†^b Jinwoo Shin,

†^c Pan Wu,†^d Nem Singh,

^c Junrong Li,^b Qihang Ding,^c Cong Hu,^e Xiaoxing Xiong,*^a Yao Sun

*^b and Jong Seung Kim

*^c

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^a Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Huzhou Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Huzhou Central Hospital), Huzhou 313099, P. R. China

^b Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
E-mail: sunyaogbasp@mail.ccnu.edu.cn

^c Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
E-mail: jongskim@korea.ac.kr

^d State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China

^e Guangxi Key Laboratory of Automatic Detecting Technology and Instruments, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China

Abstract

Recently, newly developed carbon-based nanomaterials known as carbon dots (CDs) have generated significant interest in nanomedicine. However, current knowledge regarding CD research in the biomedical field is still lacking. An overview of the most recent development of CDs in biomedical research is given in this review article. Several crucial CD applications, such as biosensing, bioimaging, cancer therapy, and antibacterial applications, are highlighted. Finally, CD-based biomedicine's challenges and future potential are also highlighted to enrich biomedical researchers’ knowledge about the potential of CDs and the need for overcoming various technical obstacles.

This article is part of the themed collections: 1D/2D materials for energy, medicine, and devices and Journal of Materials Chemistry B Recent Review Articles

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