“…These property regulations can be accomplished during or after the synthesis of GQDs. In this context, different top-down and bottom-up synthesis methods such as physical grinding, hydrothermal, electrochemical, incomplete carbonization, thermal pyrolysis, microwave, etc., have been employed for controlling the size, structure, and optical properties of nanomaterials, including GQDs 18,28 . For instance, surface functionalization of GQDs with amine groups has been found to be very advantageous to improve the electronic and optical properties.…”