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Review | Open Access

Progress of Luminescent Carbon Dots in Biomedicine Engineering

Guangxia Shen1,2( ), Meixin Hu1,2, Jianrong Qi1,2
Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Shanghai Engineering Research Center for Intelligent diagnosis and treatment instrument, Shanghai 200240, China
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Abstract

Carbon nanodots (C-dots), as a new emerging star, have attracted great attention in recent years. Its unique properties have been developed and applied to energy conversion/storage, bioimaging, drug delivery, sensor and other biological related aspects. In this review, we introduce various synthetic methods, basic photoluminscene properties, PL mechanism and then focus on the most recent progress in targeted drug and gene delivery guided by multimode bioimaging technologies in cancer therapy. We also speculate on an outlook towards future developments for their use in bioimaging, drug delivery, sensors, diagnostics and composites.

Keywords

Carbon dotsBioimagingBiosecurity

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Nano Biomedicine and Engineering
Volume 8 Issue 3,
September 2016
Pages 190-202
DOI: 10.5101/nbe.v8i3.p190-202
Cite this article:
Shen G, Hu M, Qi J. Progress of Luminescent Carbon Dots in Biomedicine Engineering. Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, 2016, 8(3): 190-202. https://doi.org/10.5101/nbe.v8i3.p190-202

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Received: 18 September 2016
Accepted: 20 September 2016
Published: 29 September 2016
© 2016 Guangxia Shen, Meixin Hu and Jianrong Qi.

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