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Porphyrin-Based Carbon Dots for Photodynamic Therapy of Hepatoma.
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This work not only sheds light on developing functional carbon dots, but also highlights the importance of special-structure precursor molecules in synthesizing functional CDs.Abstract:
Porphyrin-containing carbon dots (CDs) possess ultrasmall size, excellent water solubility, and photostability. These CDs can effectively generate cytotoxic singlet oxygen upon irradiation, and induce the cell apoptosis. Photodynamic ability of CDs inhibits the growth of hepatoma. This work not only sheds light on developing functional carbon dots, but also highlights the importance of special-structure precursor molecules in synthesizing functional CDs.read more
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Evolution and Synthesis of Carbon Dots: From Carbon Dots to Carbonized Polymer Dots
TL;DR: CPDs are revealed as an emerging class of CDs with distinctive polymer/carbon hybrid structures and properties, and critical insights into facilitating their potential in various application fields are proposed.
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Carbon Dots: A New Type of Carbon-Based Nanomaterial with Wide Applications
Junjun Liu,Rui Li,Bai Yang +2 more
TL;DR: This Outlook comprehensively summarize the classification of CDs based on the analysis of their formation mechanism, micro-/nanostructure and property features, and describe their synthetic methods and optical properties including strong absorption, photoluminescence, and phosphorescence.
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Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy
TL;DR: The strategies to improve ROS generation through optimizing photoinduced electron transfer and energy transfer processes of PSs are highlighted and the approaches that combine PDT with other therapeutics and the targeted delivery in cancer cells or tumor tissue are introduced.
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A Magnetofluorescent Carbon Dot Assembly as an Acidic H 2 O 2 -Driven Oxygenerator to Regulate Tumor Hypoxia for Simultaneous Bimodal Imaging and Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy
Qingyan Jia,Jiechao Ge,Weimin Liu,Xiuli Zheng,Shiqing Chen,Yongmei Wen,Hongyan Zhang,Pengfei Wang +7 more
TL;DR: The collective properties of the Mn‐CD assembly enable it to be utilized as an acidic H2O2‐driven oxygenerator to increase the oxygen concentration in hypoxic solid tumors for simultaneous bimodal FL/MR imaging and enhanced PDT.
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Carbon Dots for In Vivo Bioimaging and Theranostics.
TL;DR: The development of CDs in nanomedicine is reviewed from their use as original imaging agents and/or drug carriers to multifunctional theranostic systems.
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