An overview on animal/human biomass-derived carbon dots for optical sensing and bioimaging applications.

ABSTRACT: Over the past decade, carbon dots (CDs) have emerged as some of the extremely popular carbon nanostructures for diverse applications. The advantages of sustainable CDs, characterized by their exceptional photoluminescence (PL), high water solubility/dispersibility, non-toxicity, and biocompatibility, substantiate their potential for a wide range of applications in sensing and biology. Moreover, nature offers plant- and animal-derived precursors for the sustainable synthesis of CDs and their doped variants. These sources are not only readily accessible, inexpensive, and renewable but are also environmentally benign green biomass. This review article presents in detail the production of sustainable CDs from various animal and human biomass through bottom-up synthetic methods, including hydro

SUBMITTER: Dubey P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10690874 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature