“…The field is fairly new, Cdots having been discovered in 2004 and quantitative and comparative data are still scarce, but the carbon particles appear to be biocompatible, non-toxic, easily derivatizable, and their fluorescence properties can be tuned by modifying their size and/or surface. Moreover the 2-photon cross section of C-dots is quite large so that they can be conveniently excited at 800 nm, opening the way to their use in drug release and photodynamic treatment (PDT) of cancer [11,12]. Carbon nanoparticles can also be involved in FRET processes and are able to sensitize the luminescence of Ln III ions [13].…”