Synthesis and applications of amino-functionalized carbon nanomaterials

Garrido, M. Isabel; Gualandi, Lorenzo; Noja, Simone Di; Filippini, Giacomo; Bosi, Susanna; Prato, Maurizio

doi:10.1039/d0cc05316c

Cited by 47 publications

(36 citation statements)

References 201 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…One of the most common methods makes use of the standard EDC/NHS-catalyzed reaction, yielding the coupling of surface carboxyl moieties with amine groups into an amide bond (Figure 2(b1)) [116]. Notably, the same approach may be used when starting with N-doped C-dots, whose surfaces are usually decorated by amino groups and react with carboxyl-containing targets (Figure 2(b2)) [117].…”

Section: Carbon Dotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Carbon Dots: An Innovative Tool for Drug Delivery in Brain Tumors

Calabrese

Luca

Nocito

et al. 2021

IJMS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Brain tumors are particularly aggressive and represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in adults and children, affecting the global population and being responsible for 2.6% of all cancer deaths (as well as 30% of those in children and 20% in young adults). The blood-brain barrier (BBB) excludes almost 100% of the drugs targeting brain neoplasms, representing one of the most significant challenges to current brain cancer therapy. In the last decades, carbon dots have increasingly played the role of drug delivery systems with theranostic applications against cancer, thanks to their bright photoluminescence, solubility in bodily fluids, chemical stability, and biocompatibility. After a summary outlining brain tumors and the current drug delivery strategies devised in their therapeutic management, this review explores the most recent literature about the advances and open challenges in the employment of carbon dots as both diagnostic and therapeutic agents in the treatment of brain cancers, together with the strategies devised to allow them to cross the BBB effectively.

show abstract

Section: Carbon Dotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Carbon Dots: An Innovative Tool for Drug Delivery in Brain Tumors

Calabrese

Luca

Nocito

et al. 2021

IJMS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The emerging nanocarbon materials with different dimensional nanostructures also bring opportunities for building metalcarbon composite catalysts with controllable spatial arrangements within a primary catalyst particle. [165,166] The optimum particle sizes of cobalt and iron for FT synthesis are generally smaller than 10 nm, and such small metal NPs are prone to aggregate due to the high surface energy. [72,92] Although the functional sites on carbon materials can stabilize the metal NPs to a great extent as discussed above, the utilization of structural features of carbon materials can further restrict the growth of metal NPs.…”

Section: Encapsulated Metal Catalystsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Functionalized Carbon Materials in Syngas Conversion

Chen

Wang

et al. 2021

Small

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Functionalized carbon materials are widely used in heterogeneous catalysis due to their unique properties such as adjustable surface properties, excellent thermal conductivity, high surface areas, tunable porosity, and moderate interactions with guest metals. The transformation of syngas into hydrocarbons (known as the Fischer–Tropsch synthesis) or oxygenates is an exothermic reaction and is typically catalyzed by transition metals dispersed on functionalized supports. Various carbon materials have been employed in syngas conversions not only for improving the performance or decreasing the dosage of expensive active metals but also for building model catalysts for fundamental research. This article provides a critical review on recent advances in the utilization of carbon materials, in particular the recently developed functionalized nanocarbon materials, for syngas conversions to either hydrocarbons or oxygenates. The unique features of carbon materials in dispersing metal nanoparticles, heteroatom doping, surface modification, and building special nanoarchitectures are highlighted. The key factors that control the reaction course and the reaction mechanism are discussed to gain insights for the rational design of efficient carbon‐supported catalysts for syngas conversions. The challenges and future opportunities in developing functionalized carbon materials for syngas conversions are briefly analyzed.

show abstract

“…Moreover, in the following studies, we demonstrated that even nitrogen-doped carbon-based nanomaterials can serve as photocatalysts for the iodoperfluoroalkylation of organic compounds. [55][56][57] The mentioned purple light strategy was employed for the construction of a key intermediate in the synthesis of the breast cancer drug, namely Fulvestrant, in gram-scale (Method b, Figure 7).…”

Section: Iodoperfluoroalkylation Of Olefinsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Use of Perylene Diimides in Synthetic Photochemistry

2021

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Dedicated to Professor Franco Cozzi on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Perylene diimides (PDIs) are valuable organic chromophores that stand out for their outstanding optical and redox properties. Owing to these features, PDIs have emerged as prominent dyes capable of acting as photocatalysts for numerous relevant organic transformations. This Minireview highlights the recent advances in the application of PDIs in organic photocatalysis. The various mechanistic pathways of the photo-reduction reaction of aryl halides, recently proposed in independent studies, are discussed with an eye to unsolved challenges and forward-looking opportunities regarding the use of PDIs within this field.

show abstract

Synthesis and applications of amino-functionalized carbon nanomaterials

Abstract: Carbon-based nanomaterials (CNMs) have attracted considerable attention in the scientific community both from a scientific and an industrial point of view. Fullerenes, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene and carbon dots (CDs)...

Cited by 47 publications

References 201 publications

Carbon Dots: An Innovative Tool for Drug Delivery in Brain Tumors

Carbon Dots: An Innovative Tool for Drug Delivery in Brain Tumors

Functionalized Carbon Materials in Syngas Conversion

Use of Perylene Diimides in Synthetic Photochemistry

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About