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Carbon Dots as Promising Tools for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Nocito, Giuseppe Calabrese, Giovanna Forte, Stefano Petralia, Salvatore Puglisi, Caterina Campolo, Michela Esposito, Emanuela Conoci, Sabrina |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Carbon Dots (CDs) are the latest members of carbon-based nanomaterials, which since their discovery have attracted notable attention due to their chemical and mechanical properties, brilliant fluorescence, high photostability, and good biocompatibility. Together with the ease and affordable preparation costs, these intrinsic features make CDs the most promising nanomaterials for multiple applications in the biological field, such as bioimaging, biotherapy, and gene/drug delivery. This review will illustrate the most recent applications of CDs in the biomedical field, focusing on their biocompatibility, fluorescence, low cytotoxicity, cellular uptake, and theranostic properties to highlight above all their usefulness as a promising tool for cancer diagnosis and therapy. |
| Starting Page | 1991 |
| e-ISSN | 20726694 |
| DOI | 10.3390/cancers13091991 |
| Journal | Cancers |
| Issue Number | 9 |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-04-21 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Cancers Biomedical Engineering Carbon Dots Cancer Diagnosis Cancer Therapy Bioimaging Drug Delivery Photodynamic Therapy Photothermal Therapy |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
