Synthesis and Applications of Carbon Dots from Food and Natural Products: Review

Authors : Saliha Dinç, Meryem Kara

Pages : 33-37

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Publication Date : 2018-04-01

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :Carbon dots with less than 10 nm sizes have been emerged as a fascinating tool in many areas with their non-toxic, biocompatible, water-soluble and easy synthesis merits. Bioimaging, biosensing, photocatalysis, drug delivery etc. are some applications of luminescent carbon dots. Carbon dots may be synthesized from any carbon sources including foods, food wastes, plants, chemicals, graphene etc. via top-down or bottom up methods. However, carbon dots can naturally be extracted from some foods, natural products such as honey, caramels and sugar beet molasses. In this paper, we tried to focus on synthesis and applications of carbon dots derived from food or natural products.
Keywords : carbon dots, natural products, food, synthesis, application