TL;DR: Highly photoluminescent carbon dots with a PL quantum yield of 26% have been prepared in one step by hydrothermal treatment of orange juice and demonstrated as excellent probes in cellular imaging.

TL;DR: The data indicate that a Na-ion battery with a Prussian blue framework as a cathode will be feasible.

TL;DR: The O-doping in the g-C(3)N(4) lattice could induce intrinsic electronic and band structure modulation, resulting in its absorbance edge up to 498 nm and enhanced visible-light photoactivity, consequently.

TL;DR: Highly amino-functionalized fluorescent carbon nanoparticles were fabricated by hydrothermal carbonization of chitosan at a mild temperature and showed low cytotoxicity and excellent biocompatibility in human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells.

TL;DR: The recent development of carbon coating techniques in lithium-ion batteries is discussed with detailed examples of typical cathode and anode materials and the limitation of current technology and future perspective of the new concept of "hybrid coating" are pointed out.

TL;DR: Carbon nanodots with a low cytotoxicity have been synthesized by one-step microwave-assisted pyrolysis of citric acid in the presence of various amine molecules, confirmed to serve dual roles as N-doping precursors and surface passivation agents.

TL;DR: A conductive multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) interlayer acting as a pseudo-upper current collector not only reduces the charge transfer resistance of sulfur cathodes significantly, but also localizes and retains the dissolved active material during cycling.

TL;DR: It is theoretically and experimentally demonstrated that carbon self-doping could induce intrinsic electronic and band structure change of g-C(3)N(4)via the formation of delocalized big π bonds to increase visible light absorption and electrical conductivity as well as surface area and thus enhance both photooxidation and photoreduction activities.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that Co(3)O(4) nanoparticles (NPs) exhibit intrinsic peroxidase- like activity and catalase-like activity and their ability of electron transfer between reducing substrates and H(2]O(2), not from ˙OH radical generated.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated a facile and green approach to synthesize bifunctional fluorescent carbon nanodots via soy milk, which not only showed favorable photoluminescent properties, but also exhibited good electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen reduction reaction.

TL;DR: In this work, unmodified carbon nanodots are demonstrated as novel and environmentally-friendly fluorescence probes for the sensing of Hg(2+) and biothiols with high sensitivity and selectivity.

TL;DR: Nanoporous carbons with high surface area are achieved through direct carbonization of a commercially available zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) without any additional carbon sources.

TL;DR: A Sb/C nanocomposite was synthesized and found to deliver a reversible 3 Na storage capacity of 610 mA h g(-1), a strong rate capability at a very high current and long-term cycling stability with 94% capacity retention over 100 cycles.

TL;DR: Efficient thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) was developed in a material based on a phenoxazine electron donor unit and a TRZ electron acceptor unit and exhibited a maximum external quantum efficiency of 12.5% with green emission.

TL;DR: The application of DPP-based materials is described, highlighting the applications in optoelectrical fields.

TL;DR: A new SnSb/C nanocomposite based on Na alloying reactions is demonstrated as anode for Na-ion battery applications that can achieve an exceptionally high capacity, good rate capacity and cyclability and good level of capacity retention over 50 cycles.

TL;DR: Zinc oxide with excellent photocatalytic performance for the photodegradation of dyes (superior to Degussa P25 TiO(2)) could be easily prepared in large quantity by direct calcination of zinc acetate (Zn(Ac)(2·2H(2)O).

TL;DR: Recent carbon-carbon bond forming reactions of carbon dioxide with alkenes, alkynes, dienes, aryl zinc compounds, aRYl boronic esters, aryan halides, and arenes having acidic C-H bonds are reviewed in which transition-metal catalysts play an important role.

TL;DR: A monolithic 3D hybrid of graphene and carbon nanotube was synthesized by two-step chemical vapor deposition and can selectively remove oils and organic solvents from water with high absorption capacity and good recyclability.

TL;DR: It is found that the compounds incorporating amino and carboxylic acid groups are suitable for the preparation of highly photoluminescent and water-soluble C-dots.

TL;DR: The facile synthesis of carbon dots with tunable fluorescence from unzipping of photonic crystals and their application in LEDs is reported, which may provide an insight into the creation of multifunctional carbon dots adapted for various applications such as in optoelectronics, sensing, or bioimaging.

TL;DR: The future challenges of the field are discussed, including short-term goals such as integration with biopolymers and traditional implants, and long term goals, such as immune system programming, subcellular targeting, and the development of highly integrated scaffold systems.

TL;DR: The as-obtained Si/graphene nanocomposite exhibits remarkably enhanced cycling performance and rate performance compared with bare Si nanoparticles for lithium-ion batteries.

TL;DR: An organic light emitting diode based on thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) has been produced using a spirobifluorene derivative (Spiro-CN) having the donor-acceptor moieties as an emitter.

TL;DR: An amine-functionalized zirconium metal-organic framework was used as a visible-light photocatalyst for selective aerobic oxygenation of various organic compounds including alcohols, olefins and cyclic alkanes, at high efficiency and high selectivity.

TL;DR: An effective method to exfoliate and disintegrate multi-walled carbon nanotubes and graphite flakes with high quantum yield and low oxidization can be developed.

TL;DR: Two bright fluorescent probes are reported that are selective for H( 2)S over cysteine, glutathione and other reactive sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen species and are demonstrated to detect H(2)S in live cells.

TL;DR: Organic transformations for which these commercial MOFs exhibit higher catalytic activity than the corresponding soluble metal salts or metal ion-exchanged zeolites are summarized.

TL;DR: The worm-like porous g-C(3)N(4) not only possesses high BET surface area but also redshifts its absorbance edge up to 800 nm, and shows photocatalytic activity even when the irradiation light λ > 700 nm.