Graphene quantum dots and their application in catalysis by Gong, Jun

“…Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are the latest addition to the nanocarbon family with outstanding photostability, tunable photoluminescence, good biocompatibility and physiochemical properties, demonstrating great potential for a wide variety of applications. …”
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Graphene quantum dots and their applications in bioimaging and catalysis by Chen, Jie

“…Graphene quantum dot (GQD) is an emerging zero-dimensional material and the latest addition to the family of carbon materials. …”
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Mixed-cation perovskite quantum dots: from single to multi-photon emission by Tan, Qi Ying

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Catalytic properties of human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) and development of biosensors of APE1 in living cells by Wang, Tianxiang

“…Herein, we have successfully developed graphene quantum dot-based biosensors for APE1 diagnosis both in cell-free systems and in living cells. …”
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Dielectric and hybrid metal-dielectric nanoantennas for fluorescence enhancement by Dmitriev, Pavel

“…In parallel, several techniques for the integration of my hybrid antenna with quantum emitters were being explored, from simple spin coating of quantum dots, to precise fabrication of single quantum emitters via FIB. …”
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Electrochemical and optical CMOS sensors design for biochemical detection by Jiang, Yu

“…In this thesis, three types of CMOS sensors are studied for biochemical detection: CMOS ion-sensitive field-effect transistor (ISFET) sensor for food safety screening, CMOS chronocoulometric sensor for the heavy metal monitor, and CMOS fluorescence sensor for near-infrared quantum dots detection. In-depth understanding of these novel CMOS sensors is presented here from working principles, circuit designs, to the experimental results. …”
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Strong coupling between plasmonic nanoantennae and 2D materials by Liu, Lin

“…It has been established that strong plasmon-exciton coupling with 2D materials and quantum dots can achieve Rabi splitting ranging from 200 to 400 meV. …”
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Nanomaterials-based electrochemical and optical biosensors for food safety regulations and point-of-care diagnosis by Ang, Wei Li

“…Moreover, Graphene Quantum Dots (GQDs), a zero-dimensional graphene oxide derivative, have also been successfully employed for optical applications, particularly in the development of optical biosensors. …”
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Development of electrochemical and optical bioassays for food analysis and human health by Lim, Rachel Rui Xia

“…Under the 4th chapter of my thesis, we developed a portable smartphone-assisted graphene quantum dots sensing platform for the detection of gut-derived metabolites where we compared the analytical figures of merits achieved by the smartphone-based method against the fluorescence spectrophotometer. …”
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Hierarchical nanostructures incorporated with different enhancement strategies for improved photoelectrochemical performance by Wang, Zhiwei

“…Firstly, the heterojunction formation and depressed interface charge recombination strategies were combined in a SnO2 nanosheets (NSs)/TiO2 thin film/CdS quantum dots (QDs). The introduced TiO2 thin film fully covered the porous SnO2 NSs and the bare FTO glass substrate, resulting in a depression in interface charge recombination. …”
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Topics in multidimensional optical spectroscopy I. Theoretical studies of finite pulse effects II. Applications to plant light-harvesting complex and nanomaterials by Do, Thanh Nhut

“…Due to intrinsic limitations in synthesis procedure, the nanomaterials, like quantum dots (QDs) and nanoplatelets (NPLs) always exhibit heterogeneity in size, shape, and spectroscopic properties. …”
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Continuous-wave lasing from perovskites embedded microcavities by Zhang, Hongbo

“…All-inorganic cesium lead bromide (CsPbBr3) quantum dots (QDs) are considered as promising candidates to achieve room temperature CW pumped lasing due to their large exciton binding energy, near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield, and high environmental stability. …”
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Functionalization of transparent oxide resistive random-access memories for visible light photosensitivity by Kalaga, Pranav Sairam

“…Efforts have been made to address this area of critical importance through the incorporation of photoresponsive material layers, such as semiconductors, 2D materials, perovskites, quantum dots etc. to be able to demonstrate a photocurrent. …”
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Engineering functional nanomaterials for photonic applications by Chan, Kok Ken

“…In the following chapter, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) were synthesized, characterized, and employed as a light-triggered fluorescent nanocarrier for co-delivery of K-ras siRNA and Doxorubicin (DOX) for combinational gene and chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer treatment. …”
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