Carbon dots (CDs) as an emerging carbon nanomaterial have attracted considerable attention and have been widely used in numerous fields. When compared with semiconductor quantum dots and organic dyes, CDs are a very friendly optical probe with low toxicity, good biocompatibility and good anti-photobleaching. These qualities give them the potential to be greener than other types of quantum dots and organic dyes.

Covering several common synthesis strategies, including biomass synthesis, large-scale synthesis and sustainable synthesis technology, this book focuses on the green synthesis of CDs and their applications in the fields of bioanalytical, catalytic, biomedical, and environmental sciences. It is a useful reference for anyone working in green chemistry, analytical chemistry, biomedical or environmental science.

Bin Bin Chen received his master's degree in pharmaceutical analysis in 2017 under the supervision of Prof. Chengzhi Huang (Southwest University) and obtained his PhD in analytical chemistry in 2021 under the supervision of Prof. Dawei Li (East China University of Science and Technology). He is now a postdoc studying various luminescence phenomena and related mechanisms under the supervision of Prof. Ben Zhong Tang and Prof. Zheng Zhao (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen). As the first author and corresponding author, he has published 20 papers in SCI journals such as Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Green Chem., Chem. Eng. J., and Anal. Chem..

Cheng Zhi Huang is Southwest University Professor of Analytical chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analytics. Ph. D. of Peking University, and postdoctoral fellow of Hitachi Limited Central Research Institute, Ottawa University and University of Tokyo. His research interests include Biosensing and Bioimaging, Nanoprobes, Resonance Spectroscopy, Biomaterials, Optical sensors. He has published academic books including Elastic Light Scattering Spectral Analysis (Science Press - de Gruyter), Sensing and Biosensing with Optically Active Nanomaterials (Elsevier), and 570 research papers in journals such as Angew Chem., ACS Nano, Adv. Funct. Mater., Chem. Sci., and Anal. Chem..

Mengli Liu received her master's degree in pharmaceutical analysis in 2018 under the supervision of Prof. Chengzhi Huang (Southwest University) and obtained her PhD in analytical chemistry in 2021 under the supervision of Prof. Dawei Li (East China University of Science and Technology). He is now a postdoc studying various luminescence phenomena and related mechanisms under the supervision of Prof. Ben Zhong Tang and Prof. Zheng Zhao (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen). As the first author and corresponding author, he has published 20 papers in SCI journals such as Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Green Chem., Chem. Eng. J., and Anal. Chem..