Journal of Nanoscience and Nanomaterials

ABSTRACT

Carbon materials are versatile. With the advent of analytical tools that can probe the nanoworld, new allotropic forms with unusual properties are being discovered. While fullerene, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene are nanoallotropic forms of carbon with hydrophobic nature as with any other known carbon materials, the newly found allotrope of carbon nanostructure, namely, Carbon Nano Dots (CNDs) are hydrophilic. Meaning their applications in real world and biological world are uncomprehendable. Recently, enormous funding is devoted to research into these carbon nanodots and their applications. This has motivated the researchers worldwide to conduct research at a rapid pace on this astounding material, namely, carbon nanodots as well as their off-springs, their synthesis, unusual properties and unconventional applications in the realms of catalysis, energy, environment, agriculture, biomedicine, diagnosis and therapy.

Keywords: Carbon Nanodots; CNDs; Heteroatom Doped Carbon Nanodots; B, N, S, P – CNDs, Intermediate Crystalline Phase