Multi functional carbon dots for precision cancer treatment: Synthesis regulation, performance enhancement, and future applications.

Carbon dots (CDs) are an emerging kind of carbon nanomaterials with characteristic sizes less than 10 nm, graphitized carbon nuclei and a rich variety of surface functional groups. Due to its simple and rapid synthesis, unique electronic structure, excellent photoluminescence properties, good biocompatibility, and environmental friendliness, CDs have been widely used in fields i.e.