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Recent Advances in Carbon Dots with Near-infrared Absorption/Emission

LIU Yupeng1, YANG Junxiang2, HAO Yiming2, QU Songnan1,2   

  1. 1. Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Joint Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Macau 999067
    2. Department of Physics and Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau 999067
  • Received:2024-02-05 Revised:2024-03-20 Online:2024-03-22 Published:2024-03-22
  • Contact: Song-Nan QU E-mail:songnanqu@um.edu.mo
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau SAR (Nos. 0128/2020/A3, 0007/2021/AKP, 006/2022/ALC, 0139/2022/A3) and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Science and Technology Innovation Project (category C) (No. SGDX20210823103803021).

Abstract: Carbon dots are an emerging class of zero-dimensional carbon nano-optical materials that are shining in many fields. Compared with visible light, near-infrared light has deeper tissue penetration and lower scattering and has obvious advantages in fields such as biological imaging. With the exploration of scientific researchers, the regulation of the luminescence band gap of carbon dots has been continuously red-shifted from the initial blue-violet light to longer wavelengths. In recent years, carbon dots with near-infrared absorption/emission have been gradually reported. Based on a series of work of this research group in the near-infrared carbon dots, this review summarizes and reviews the latest progress in preparation strategies and applications of near-infrared carbon dots and prospected the future development directions.

Key words: Carbon dots, near-infrared, bioimaging, photothermal therapy, photodynamic therapy

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