Progress in research on the preparation of carbon dots and their use in tumor theranostics

作者：Lu Chun-xiang^*; Li Li-ping

来源：New Carbon Materials, 2018, 33(1): 12-18.

DOI：10.19869/j.ncm.1007-8827.2018.01.001

• Carbon dots
• Synthesis
• Red emission
• Diagnosis and therapy

Carbon dots (CDs), as a novel class of carbon-based nanomaterials, have attracted tremendous attention in biomedicine owing to their excellent optical properties, low toxicity, good water solubility and easy surface modification. In this review, we introduce various methods for their synthesis based on technology and recent research progress on red-emission and near-infrared emission CDs, and address the use of CDs in the diagnosis and therapy treatment of tumors. The review also summarizes the limiting factors that affect the development of CDs and possible new advances.

• 出版日期2018-2
• 单位中国科学院山西煤炭化学研究所; 山西医科大学; 中国科学院大学