title: Recent advances in carbon nanodots: synthesis, properties and biomedical applications.
abstract: Herein, a mini review is presented concerning the most recent research progress of carbon nanodots, which have emerged as one of the most attractive photoluminescent materials. Different synthetic methodologies to achieve advanced functions and better photoluminescence performances are summarized, which are mainly divided into two classes: top-down and bottom-up. The inspiring properties, including photoluminescence emission, chemiluminescence, electrochemical luminescence, peroxidase-like activity and toxicity, are discussed. Moreover, the biomedical applications in biosensing, bioimaging and drug delivery are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Lab of Bio-Medical Diagnostics, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215163, P. R. China. miaopeng@sibet.ac.cn tangyg@sibet.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Yuguo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Bidou
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Wenbo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D045663:Quantum Dots / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004337:Drug Carriers; D002244:Carbon; D008628:Mercury