Synthesis of Environmentally Friendly Heavy-Metal-Free AgInS2/ZnS Quantum Dots Using Microwave Heating.

Toxicity of Carbon Quantum Dots: Is There a Dark Side Beyond Their Brightness?

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a diverse group of carbon nanomaterials that have emerged as promising fluorescent nanomaterials owing to their excellent water solubility, photostability, tunable optical properties, and broad applicability in bioimaging, biosensing, drug delivery, and biomedical applications. Several st...

Fluorescence sensing with perovskite quantum dots: mechanisms, design strategies, and molecular imprinting approaches

Evaluation of the combination of AgInS2 quantum dots with metal–organic framework MOF-5 to improve the fluorescence properties and thermal stability of white light-emitting diodes

Synthesis of high quantum yield orange carbon dots as multifunctional fluorescence probe in VB12 detection and bio-imaging

Unique orange-emissive carbon dots (O-CDs) are synthesised via a solvothermal method by safranin T and 2,2’-dithiodibenzoic acid in ethanol, facilitating the applications in bioimaging of B16F10-2 cells as well as zebrafish, and enabling VB12 detection in live cells.

Evaluation of Process Variables in the Continuous Flow Synthesis of Quantum Dot Nanoparticles

Cadmium selenide (CdSe) quantum dots (QDs) have attracted considerable attention due to their size-tunable optical properties, enabling applications in areas including biomedical imaging and energy harvesting. Developing continuous and lower-toxicity synthesis routes is important to improve process reproducibility and...

Aqueous Synthesis of Mn-Doped ZnInS/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dots with Enhanced Optical Properties and Sensitivity for Priority Pollutants

The development of less toxic nanoparticles capable of producing and selectively sensing organic pollutants remains a significant challenge in biological and environmental applications. In this study, ZnInS/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) were synthesized via an aqueous-phase doping approach to integrate manganese (Mn) and enha...