碳点的研究进展

碳点具有优良的光学特性、良好的生物相容性和低毒等优点,被广泛用于生物检测、药物传输和生物成像等领域,是极具发展潜力的碳基质材料.近年来,碳点的新型制备方法、性质探索及应用研究引起广泛关注.本文根据碳源和制备方法的不同,将碳点分为石墨烯纳米点和碳纳米点两类,综述了碳点的制备方法,剖析了碳点的发光机理,总结了碳点在生物传感、药物传输和生物成像中的应用;最后分析了碳点存在的问题及应对策略.     

水相一步法合成具有双光子效应的高效橙红荧光聚合物碳点

聚合物碳纳米点是近年来新兴的一种荧光纳米探针,具有较低的生物毒性、良好的水溶性、较高的量子产率、优异的光/化学稳定性以及良好的生物相容性.目前所制备的碳点大都表现出蓝、绿色荧光发射.为实现碳点长波荧光发射,扩大其在生物标记与成像及光电显示方面的应用,本文采用水相一步法交联聚合反应制备了具有橙红荧光发射性质且具有双光子效应的聚合物碳点,发射波长为604 nm,荧光量子产率达到30.64%,并且应用在生物活体成像中.     

荧光碳点的合成、性质和应用

与传统半导体发光材料相比,荧光碳点作为一种新型的碳纳米发光材料,因其优异的生物相容性、良好的发光性能、简单的合成工艺、低廉的成本等优点而备受关注。荧光碳点在生物荧光标定、医学传感器、光诊疗剂以及发光器件等方面具有广阔的应用潜力。本文重点阐述了荧光碳点的合成方法、显微结构分析、荧光机理及应用的最新成果,希望为荧光碳点合成与应用研究的发展提供参考。     

荧光碳点的制备方法及其在生物医药领域应用的研究进展

近年来,随着科学技术的不断发展,人们对于纳米碳材料的探索与开发日益增多。荧光碳点作为一种新型的纳米碳材料逐渐出现在大众视野之中,因其具有优异的光学特性、物理与化学性质均较为稳定、生物相容性高,同时拥有高效、无毒或低毒的制备方法而在药物载体、生物成像、探针检测等领域均得到了广泛的应用。本文针对近年来荧光碳点制备方法以及其在生物医药领域的应用进行综述,对荧光碳点的研究前景进行了展望。     

荧光碳点在分析检测中的研究进展

碳点是一种具有强荧光、低毒性、荧光波长可调、无光闪烁等特性的新型荧光纳米粒子。经过近年来的发展,碳点的制备方法逐渐多样化,合成过程更加快捷、简便;使其在生化传感、环境检测等领域中得到了广泛应用。该文简述了碳点的特性及制备方法,综述了荧光碳点在金属离子、阴离子、有机小分子及生物大分子检测中的研究进展,最后提出了其发展过程存在的问题并对其应用前景进行了展望。     

掺杂碳点的制备及其应用研究进展

掺杂碳点因其丰富的制备手段、优良的光学性质以及良好的生物相容性,在生物检测、防伪、药物传输、光电器件等领域具有巨大的潜在应用空间,是极具发展潜力的炭基材料之一.近年来,如何提高碳点的发光效率、探索发光机理、拓展碳点新的应用方向引起广泛关注.本文综述了不同掺杂碳点的特性,总结了碳点在不同领域的应用,并且分析了碳点存在的问题.     

碳点在润滑领域中的应用

各种形式的摩擦和磨损不仅消耗了全球20%以上的能源,而且造成大量设备损坏。因此,开发减摩抗磨润滑材料对节约能源、延长机械设备使用寿命具有重要意义。碳点是一种新型的碳纳米材料,被广泛应用于化学传感、生物成像、催化、光电器件等领域。近年来,大量研究探索了碳点在工业润滑、微/纳米电子机械系统润滑、生物润滑等润滑领域的应用,证明了碳点具有优异的摩擦学性能,具备巨大潜力成为下一代绿色高效的减摩抗磨润滑材料。然而,至今仍缺乏碳点在润滑领域应用的系统性总结论述。因此,本文对碳点在润滑领域应用的研究进展作了全面系统综述。首先,详细介绍了碳点作为纳米添加剂和润滑涂层的润滑效果及提升其润滑性能的3种策略(尺寸形状控制、表面修饰、杂原子掺杂);然后,全面分析了碳点的润滑机理;最后概述了碳点在润滑领域应用所面临的主要挑战。     

基于铜掺杂碳纳米点荧光测定炭疽生物标志物

以柠檬酸、乙二胺为前体,硫酸铜为金属掺杂剂,采用一步水热法制备了一种高荧光量子产率的水溶性铜掺杂碳纳米点(Cu-CDs)。根据2,6-吡啶二甲酸(DPA)与碳纳米点的强螯合作用建立了铜掺杂碳纳米点荧光猝灭测定炭疽生物标志物DPA的新方法。在最佳实验条件下,DPA在5～100 nmol/L(r~2=0.994 1)和150～400 nmol/L(r~2=0.997 6)浓度范围内与Cu-CDs的荧光猝灭率呈良好的线性关系,检出限为2.3 nmol/L。该分析方法成本低、专属性强、灵敏度高、操作简便,在炭疽生物标志物检测方面具有良好的应用前景。     

碳点的性质及其在化学发光分析中的研究进展

碳点是一种新型的荧光碳纳米颗粒,与传统的半导体量子点相比,碳点具有毒性低、生物相容性好、原料丰富廉价、光稳定性好等特点,得到引了化学、材料和生物等各领域科学家的高度关注。 本文介绍了碳点的基本概念和性质、探讨了碳点在化学发光领域的应用研究进展并进行了展望。     

科学家研制出高载负量、高荧光亮度碳纳米点

<正>近期,中科院长春光机所曲松楠团队首次研制出高载负量、高荧光亮度的碳纳米点@二氧化硅复合凝胶。该工作利用碳纳米点表面大量的羟基官能团引发正硅酸乙酯水解,在碳纳米点表面原位包覆二氧化硅。在高浓度的碳纳米点乙醇溶液中,实现具有高载负量、高荧光亮度的碳纳米点@二氧化硅复合凝胶,并可进一步获得荧光效率高达41%的干凝胶粉体材料,在开发基于碳纳米点的发光器件领     

Applications of Carbon Dots (CDs) in Latent Fingerprints Imaging

Carbon dots (CDs), a new member of the carbon-based material family, possess unique properties, such as high fluorescence, non-toxicity, eco-friendliness, stability and cost-effectiveness. These properties helped CDs to receive tremendous attention in various fields, namely, biological, opto-electronic, bio-imaging and energy-related applications. Although CDs are widely explored in bio-imaging and bio-sensing applications, their effectiveness in forensic science and technology is comparatively new. In this review, applications of CDs pertaining to latent FPs recovery since 2015 to 2020 is summarized comprehensively.     

基于从头计算法的三维碳同素异形体结构设计

由于独特的成键特性,在不同温度和压强下,碳具有丰富的结构特性。除了实验上已发现各种同素异形体,理论计算也预言了丰富的新结构。在本文中,我们对第一性原理计算预言的三维碳同素异形体做了综述,特别地,我们着重关注了泡沫状的碳结构。碳泡沫主要由石墨片断以各种碳键连接而成,具体多孔结构及较大的表面积。另外,针对由低维碳结构,如碳富勒烯、纳米芽、纳米管及石墨烯等组成的三维碳超结构以及其他三维碳晶体我们也做了概述。这些新型碳结构有的由混杂的sp-sp²碳或者纯sp²碳组成(H-6, bct-4, C-20, K₄等),有的质量密度比金刚石还大(C₈, hP3, tl12, tp12等),有的可以由石墨在室温高压下转化而成(M碳, bct-4碳, W碳, Z碳等)。在这些预言的碳同素异形体中,有些在将来可能在实验室合成。     

Long-wavelength (red to near-infrared) emissive carbon dots: Key factors for synthesis,fluorescence mechanism,and applications in biosensing and cancer theranostics

Carbon dots (CDs), as a new member of carbon nanostructures, have been widely applied in extensive fields due to their exceptional physicochemical properties. While, the emissions of most reported CDs are located in the blue to green range under the excitation of ultraviolet or blue light, which severely limits their practical applications, especially in photovoltaic and biological fields. Studies that focused on synthesizing CDs with long-wavelength (red to near-infrared) emission/excitation features (simply named L-w CDs) and exploring their potential applications have been frequently reported in recent years. In this review, we analyzed the key influence factors for the synthesis of CDs with long wavelength and multicolor (containing long wavelength) emissive properties, discussed possible fluorescence mechanism, and summarized their applications in sensing and cancer theranostics. Finally, the existing challenges and potential opportunities of L-w CDs are presented.     

Carbon Nanozymes: Enzymatic Properties,Catalytic Mechanism,and Applications

Nanozymes have advantages over natural enzymes, such as facile production on large scale, long storage time, low costs, and high stability in harsh environments. Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), including fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene, carbon quantum dots, and graphene quantum dots, have become a star family in materials science. As a new class of nanozymes, the catalytic activity of CNMs and their hybrids has been extensively reported. In this Minireview, recent progress of CNMs based artificial enzymes, focusing on those with peroxidase‐like activity, has been summarized. The enzymatic properties, catalytic mechanisms, and novel applications of CNM nanozymes in sensing, therapy, and environmental engineering are discussed in detail. Additionally, we also highlight the remaining challenges and unsolved problems. With the fast development of bionanotechnology, the unique enzymatic properties and advantages of CNM nanozymes have received much attention and will continue to be an active and challenging field for the years to come.     

Carbon nanomaterials in microbial sensing and bactericidal applications

The spread of antimicrobial resistance and lesser development of new antibiotics have intensified the search for new antimicrobial and diagnostic vehicles. Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), which broadly include carbon dots, carbon nanotubes, and graphene/graphene oxide nanostructures, have emerged as promising theranostic materials exhibiting, in many instances, potent antibacterial activities and diagnostic capabilities. Ease of synthesis, tunable physicochemical properties, biocompatibility, and diverse modes of action make CNMs a powerful class of theranostic nanomaterials. This review discusses recent studies illuminating innovative new CNMs and their applications in bacterial theranostics. We particularly emphasize the relationship between the structural parameters and overall chemical properties of CNMs and their biological impact and utilization. Overall, the expanding work on the development and use of CNMs in therapeutic, sensing, and diagnostic applications in the microbial world underscores the considerable potential of these nanomaterials.     

Carbon dots prepared for fluorescence and chemiluminescence sensing

Carbon dots(CDs) have attracted considerable research interest in recent years due to their unique optical properties, chemical inertness, facile synthesis from a wide range of starting materials, and advantages over classic quantum dots and organic dyes.Various methods have been developed for preparing the CDs, including chemical oxidation, hydro/solvothermal method,electrochemical method, microwave-assisted synthesis, and direct carbonization method. Importantly, the superior electronic properties of CDs including efficient light harvesting and prominent photoinduced electron transfer have aroused considerable attention in fluorescence(FL) and chemiluminescence(CL) sensing field. In this review, we aim to demonstrate the recent progress of CDs in the synthesis, FL and CL sensing applications. This review gives new insights into how to use different synthetic methods to tune the structure of the CDs, with the major focus on FL and CL sensing.     

Synthesis and Applications of Red‐Emissive Carbon Dots

Carbon dots (CDs), a new class of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles (less than 10 nm in size), have been widely applied in various fields, including sensors, bioimaging, catalysis, light‐emitting devices (LEDs), and photoelectronic devices, owing to their unique properties such as low toxicity, bio‐compatibility, high photostability, easy surface modification, and up‐conversion fluorescence, over the past decades. Recently, multiple‐color‐emissive CDs, especially red‐emissive CDs (RCDs), have drawn much attention owing to their unique advantages, like the ability to penetrate the animal bodies without the disturbance of strong tissue autofluorescence, multiple‐color fluorescence displaying or sensing, and the capacity to be one essential component to obtain white LED (WLED). In this review, we focused on the progress of recently‐emerging RCDs in the past five years, including their synthetic methods (hydrothermal, solvothermal, reflux condensation and microwave techniques), influencing factors (precursors, solvents, elements doping, surface chemistry) and various applications (bioimaging, sensor, photocatalysis and WLEDs), with a perspective on the future advancements.     

Carbon nanomaterials for salivary-based biosensors: a review

In recent years, saliva has been introduced as an alternate to conventional biofluid assays owing to both accessibility and reliability with regard to the assessment of different biomarkers. The capability of immediate online collection and analysis of salivary biomarkers offers myriad benefits for clinical applications, resulting in the demands for quantifying salivary biomarkers rapidly and reliably with the help of biosensing technology. Carbon–nanomaterial based biosensors provide potential instruments for a non-aggressive pain-free style of saliva-dependent recognition to diagnoses, monitor, and formulate a therapeutic modality and for managing patients. This review covers the importance of carbon nanomaterial in fabricating salivary-based detectors applied clinically for diagnostics and therapeutics. The utilization of carbon nanomaterials comprising carbon dots (CDs), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) in salivary-based detection has been highlighted here with up-to-date instances. These sensing systems are capable of detecting a vast range of molecules with clinical relevance, including glucose, hormones, amino acids, viruses, bacteria, cancer antigens, cancer biomarkers, dopamine, sialic acid, uric acid, etc. which were discussed in this paper.     

Non-Metal-Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Dots: Synthesis and Properties

Carbon dots (CDs) are new materials with applications in bioimaging, optical devices, catalysis, and many other fields. Their advantages, such as ease of large-scale preparation, low-costing precursors, highly tunable photoluminescence, satisfactory biocompatibility, and photostability against photobleaching, make them competitive alternatives to conventional semiconductor-based quantum dots and organic dyes. To overwhelm other luminescent materials in applications, their functionalities still need to be improved in spite of the abovementioned advantages. In recent years, it has been proven that heteroatom doping is an effective approach to improve the optical and electronic performance of CDs by tuning their carbon skeleton matrices and chemical structures. In this review, the development of non-metal-heteroatom-doped CDs, including heteroatom categories, preparation methods, and physicochemical properties, are discussed. Progressive trends in heteroatom-doped CDs are also discussed at the end of this review.     

2020 Roadmap on Carbon Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion

Carbon is a simple, stable and popular element with many allotropes. The carbon family members include carbon dots, carbon nanotubes, carbon fibers, graphene, graphite, graphdiyne and hard carbon, etc. They can be divided into different dimensions, and their structures can be open and porous. Moreover, it is very interesting to dope them with other elements (metal or non‐metal) or hybridize them with other materials to form composites. The elemental and structural characteristics offer us to explore their applications in energy, environment, bioscience, medicine, electronics and others. Among them, energy storage and conversion are extremely attractive, as advances in this area may improve our life quality and environment. Some energy devices will be included herein, such as lithium‐ion batteries, lithium sulfur batteries, sodium‐ion batteries, potassium‐ion batteries, dual ion batteries, electrochemical capacitors, and others. Additionally, carbon‐based electrocatalysts are also studied in hydrogen evolution reaction and carbon dioxide reduction reaction. However, there are still many challenges in the design and preparation of electrode and electrocatalytic materials. The research related to carbon materials for energy storage and conversion is extremely active, and this has motivated us to contribute with a roadmap on ‘Carbon Materials in Energy Storage and Conversion’.