Carbon Dots from Natural Sources for Biomedical Applications

Carbon dots (CD), a class of 0D nanomaterials, have gained much research attention over the years due to their uniqueness in properties such as tunable photoluminescence, biocompatibility, low toxicity, water‐solubility, and chemical stability. Converting inexpensive biomass to valuable materials hi...

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Published in:Particle & particle systems characterization 2022-09, Vol.39 (9), p.n/a
Main Authors: Ayiloor Rajesh, Gopika, John, Varsha Lisa, Pookunnath Santhosh, Aiswarya, Krishnan Nair Ambika, Athira, Thavarool Puthiyedath, Vinod
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biocompatibility
bioimaging
Biomass
Biomedical materials
Carbon dots
chemiluminescence
drug delivery
Medical imaging
Nanomaterials
nanomedicine
photodynamic therapy
Photoluminescence
photothermal therapy
R&D
Research & development
Toxicity
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Summary:Carbon dots (CD), a class of 0D nanomaterials, have gained much research attention over the years due to their uniqueness in properties such as tunable photoluminescence, biocompatibility, low toxicity, water‐solubility, and chemical stability. Converting inexpensive biomass to valuable materials highlights the synthesis and applications of biomass‐derived CDs. This review summarizes the research and development related to the synthesis, properties, and applications of biomass‐derived CDs, furnishing a comprehensive list of biomass‐derived CDs with their properties and potential applications. This review's discussions and references span the properties that equip CDs for their diverse biomedical applications, such as bioimaging, sensing, drug delivery, phototherapy, and nanomedicine. Carbon dots (CDs) are quasi‐spherical particles exhibiting unique photophysical characteristics and favorable attributes such as biocompatibility, photostability, tunability, low cost, ecofriendliness, etc. This review attempts to enlist and explain all of the natural source‐based synthesis of CDs available in the literature and their properties, such as photoluminescence, chemiluminescence, electrochemical luminescence, etc., enabling diverse biomedical applications.
ISSN:0934-0866
1521-4117
DOI:10.1002/ppsc.202200017