Synthesis of Multi-Functional Carbon Quantum Dots for Targeted Antitumor Therapy

Interaction between carbon dots from folic acid and their cellular receptor: a qualitative physicochemical approach

“…23 Their use as carriers for drug delivery, functionalizing their surface by specific biomolecules such as FA, and the mechanism of their interaction with FA-R have been addressed. [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] Indeed, FA-R is able to interact with its natural ligand, but also with conjugates resulting from the covalent binding of FA to various organic groups. FA attached to larger entities, such as nanovehicles including polymers, 34 liposomes, proteins 35 or NPs, is also recognized by this receptor, illustrating its wide capacity for ligand recognition.…”

Acid-Sensitive Nanoparticles Based on Molybdenum Disulfide for Photothermal-Chemo Therapy

“…Although MoS 2 nanoparticles have a high photothermal conversion efficiency, long-term single treatment inevitably causes collateral damage to the surrounding normal tissue. As a result, most studies have focused on synergistic combination therapies, − such as photothermal-chemotherapy, photothermal–photodynamic therapy, and so forth . Therefore, how to establish a platform that combines two or more single treatments is a crucial issue.…”

Structural and functional study of fluorescent carbon dots synthesized from lemon-peel via one step microwave irradiation method

“…Nonetheless, the biocompatibility of CDs that are surface-functionalized is yet a belittling issue for future utilization for living cells, tissues, and animals. As an effect of their exciting properties, CDs have found favourable potential for a broad range of applications varying from ecological, water purification, biomedical to energy storage devices along with other vast future applications [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25].…”