“…However, most of these methods show some limitations, such as complicated processing, high cost of instruments, and time-consuming operations . Carbon dots (CDs), as a new type of emerging materials, are superior to the traditional semiconductor quantum dots because of their excellent optical properties, such as biocompatibility, anti-photodegradation, and low toxicity, , and have been used in various applications such as in vitro and in vivo imaging, , disease diagnosis, drug carrier, , fluorescent probe, and so on.…”