Carbon Quantum Dots from Natural Sources

Aswathy Jayakumar is a postdoctoral researcher at Kyung Hee University of Technology, Seoul, South Korea. She completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship at King Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thailand. She received her Ph.D. in Biotechnology from School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India.Sabarish Radoor received the Ph.D. (Chemistry) from National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India. He completed his Postdoctoral Research at King Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thailand. He is a postdoctoral fellow at Department of Polymer Nano Science and Technology, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea.Jun Tae Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA, and worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cornell University.Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai is Associate Professor at Alliance University, Bangalore, India. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry (Polymer Science and Technology) from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India.

• 0. Front Matter. PART I. FUNDAMENTALS. 1. Introduction to carbon quantum dots. 2. Natural sources used to fabricate carbon quantum dots. 3. Methods employed for the development of carbon quantum dots. 4. Characterization techniques for carbon quantum dots. 5. Antimicrobial mechanisms exhibited by carbon quantum dots. PART II. APPLICATIONS. 6. Antioxidant properties and UV-blocking of carbon quantum dots in food packaging applications. 7. Anti-aging properties and utilization of carbon quantum dots in cosmetics. 8. Synergizing Carbon Quantum Dots for Biomedical Imaging, Targeted Drug Delivery and Photodynamic Therapy. 9. Carbon quantum dots for wound healing and wound dressing. 10. Carbon quantum dots for treating viral infections. 11. Carbon quantum dots and 3D printing technology. 12. Carbon quantum dots for bioimaging. 13. Cytotoxicity and Biocompatibility Analysis of Carbon Quantum Dots. 14. Application of carbon quantum dots in dye removal and wastewater treatment. 15. Application of carbon quantum dots in energy and electronic applications. 16. Carbon quantum dots for metal detection. 17. Environmental issues associated with carbon quantum dots.