[Retracted] Fluorescent Carbon Dot-Supported Imaging-Based Biomedicine: A Comprehensive Review

Table 3

: Imaging-guided therapeutic applications using FL CDs.

Precursors/Forms	FL color	Applied Ex/Em (nm)	Microscopic	Application	Biotarget	Ref.
Bamboo leaves CDs-CBBA-Dox	Green	488/–	CLSM	Imaging of cells Imaging-guided chemotherapy	HeLa	[86]
Hypocrella bambusae	Red	540/610	CLSM	Imaging of cells	Hela	[175]
			In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided PDT/PTT	4T1 tumor-bearing mice
CA, hyaluronic acid, and PEI	Blue	341/461	CLSM	Imaging of cells	4T1	[176]
CD@p-CBA-DOX			In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided CD44-targeted chemotherapy	4T1 tumor-bearing BALB/c mice
Dopamine hydrochloride, folic acid	Blue	425/485	FM	Imaging-guided PTT	LNCaP	[177]
4-amino salicylic acid	Yellow	490/547	FM	Imaging of cells	MCF-7/ADR	[178]
			In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided chemotherapy	MCF-7/ADR tumor-bearing mice
CA, EDA, hyaluronic acid	Blue	405/–	CLSM	Imaging-guided chemotherapy	A549 tumor-bearing mice	[179]
MSN-SS-CDHA-Dox	Green	488/–	In/Ex vivo imaging system
	Red	561/–
CA, Ru-Aphen	Red	490/616	CLSM	In vivo imaging	Zebrafish	[180]
				Imaging-guided PDT	HeLa
1,3,6-trinitropyrene	Green	457/570	CLSM	Imaging of lysosome-targeted cells	HeLa	[181]
			In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided PDT, PTT	4T1-tumor-bearing nude mice
CA, folic acid, DOX	Blue	405/488	CLSM	Imaging of cells	HepG2	[182]
				Imaging-guided chemotherapy	Liver cancer
L-cysteine, EDA, and Ru(II) complex	Red	405/660	Two-photon	Imaging of lysosome-targeted cells	A549	[117]
		810/660	CLSM	Imaging-guided PDT	Zebrafish
hydroxyapatite NPs	Green	455/–	In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided chemotherapy	Tumor-bearing mice	[183]
C-hMOS-Dox	Red	523/–
CA, HPAP	Blue	405/–	In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided gene therapy	MCF-7 tumor-bearing BALB/c	[184]
PPD@HPAP-CDs/pDNA	Green	488/–			nude mice
	Red	543/–
Sodium citrate, ammonium	Blue	350/435	FM	Imaging of cells	A549	[185]
				Imaging-guided chemotherapy
Bicarbonate CDs/Dox/ G5–RGD–TPGS
6-O-((O,O’-Di-lauroyl)tartaryl)-d-glucose, WS2@CDs	Cyan	405/445	CLSM	Imaging of cells	HeLa	[186]
	Green	440/477		Imaging-guided PTT
	Red	568/640
4-aminophenol	Red	540/620	In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided chemotherapy	Hela tumor-bearing mice	[187]
CSCNP-R-CQDs/Dox
Watermelon juice	Blue	360/–	In vivo imaging system	NIR-II FL imaging-guided PTT	Hela tumor-bearing BALB/C mice	[188]
	NIR-II	808/925
F127-mPR, formalin, and phenol	Blue	405/–	CLSM	Imaging of cells	U87	[189]
	Green	458/–	In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided PTT	Glioma-bearing mice
	Yellow	488/–
	Red	514/–
CA, PEI	Red	550/640	CLSM	Imaging of cells	MCF-7, HeLa, and 4T1	[190]
CD-Ce6			In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided PDT/PTT	4T1 tumor-bearing BALB/c mice
CA, GdCl3, poly-lysine	Blue	350/450	CLSM	Imaging of cells	Hela	[191]
FA-GdN@CQDs-MWCNTs			In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided chemo/PTT	HeLa tumor-bearing mice
Manganese(II) phthalocyanine	Red	690/745	CLSM	Imaging of cells	Hela	[192]
			In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided PDT	4T1 tumor-bearing mice
Pheophytin powder	Red	620/680	CLSM	Imaging of cells	4T1	[193]
			In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided PDT	4T1 tumor-bearing mice
CA, formamide	Red	620/650	CLSM	Imaging of cells	MCF-7	[194]
HFn(DOX)/CDs			In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided chemo/PDT	S180 tumor-bearing mice
CA	Red	633/640/750	CLSM	Imaging of cells	4T1	[195]
CyOH–AgNP/CD			In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided PDT	4T1 tumor-bearing mice
Polythiophene	Red	635/690	CLSM	Imaging of cells	HeLa	[196]
CDs/MnO2-PEG			In vivo imaging system	Imaging-guided PDT	4T1-luc tumor-bearing mice
Polythiophene, diphenyl diselenide	Red	500/730, 820	Two-photon	Imaging of cells	HeLa	[197]
			CLSM	Imaging-guided PTT	4T1 tumor-bearing mice
			In vivo imaging system