Carbon Dots in Biology: Synthesis, Properties, Biological and Pharmaceutical Applications

✍ Scribed by Dakeshwar Kumar Verma, Berdimurodov Elyor Tukhliyivich

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 342
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The research on carbon dots is evolving and expanding very rapidly. A high-tech overview for academia and industry is needed to modernize carbon dots in biological applications. This book covers the use of carbon dots in biology, medicine, and pharmacy: synthesis, properties and applications, obstacles in exploiting these materials, and future research prospects. The reader is able to explore the wide scope of carbon dots in the global market.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
About the editors
List of contributors
Chapter 1 Recent trends and developments in carbon dots
Chapter 2 Main properties and characteristics of carbon dots
Chapter 3 Synthetic strategies of carbon dots
Chapter 4 Carbon dots in biosensing
Chapter 5 Carbon dots in detection of biological molecules and metal ions
Chapter 6 Carbon dots in nanozymes
Chapter 7 Carbon dots in food safety detection
Chapter 8 Carbon dots in anticancer detection and therapy
Chapter 9 Carbon dots in photodynamic therapy
Chapter 10 Carbon dots in photothermal therapy
Chapter 11 Carbon dots in antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, and antiparasitic agents
Chapter 12 Carbon dots in antibiosis: disinfection and sterilization
Chapter 13 Carbon dots in drug delivery
Chapter 14 Carbon dots in protein and nucleic acid delivery
Index