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Recent advances in green carbon dots (2015–2022): synthesis, metal ion sensing, and biological applications

Carbon dots (CDs) show extensive potential in various fields such as sensing, bioimaging, catalysis, medicine, optoelectronics, and drug delivery due to their unique properties, that is, low cytotoxicity, cytocompatibility, water-solubility, multicolor wavelength tuned emission, photo-stability, eas...

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Autores principales: Kanwal, Aisha, Bibi, Naheed, Hyder, Sajjad, Muhammad, Arif, Ren, Hao, Liu, Jiangtao, Lei, Zhongli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Beilstein-Institut 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9551278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36262178
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.13.93
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Sumario:Carbon dots (CDs) show extensive potential in various fields such as sensing, bioimaging, catalysis, medicine, optoelectronics, and drug delivery due to their unique properties, that is, low cytotoxicity, cytocompatibility, water-solubility, multicolor wavelength tuned emission, photo-stability, easy modification, strong chemical inertness, etc. This review article especially focuses on the recent advancement (2015–2022) in the green synthesis of CDs, their application in metal ions sensing and microbial bioimaging, detection, and viability studies as well as their applications in pathogenic control and plant growth promotion.