TY - CHAP
T1 - Pelagic Sargassum as Source of Quantum Dots
AU - Castañeda-Serna, Héctor Uriel
AU - Calderón-Domínguez, Georgina
AU - De la Paz Salgado-Cruz, Ma
AU - García-Bórquez, Arturo
AU - Farrera-Rebollo, Reynold Ramón
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Pelagic Sargassum, a genus of algae considered invasive species in the Caribbean Sea, has been used as raw material for varied purposes in different fields. In nanotechnology, Sargassum has been proposed as a source for the synthesis of nanoparticles known as carbon quantum dots (CQDs) due to its composition, mostly proteins and carbohydrates (mono and polysaccharides), as well as to the low cost and low environmental impact of the processes used to obtain them. Nanoparticles, specifically CQDs, can be applied in many important fields such as medicine, food technology, and agricultural and environmental sciences. In these, CQDs can play a variety of roles, acting as labeling or bioimaging agents, biosensors or as drug or gene delivery vectors. Many of these applications are still under study, and thus, this chapter summarizes the newest information regarding the synthesis and applications of CQDs, paying special attention to its ecofriendly preparation processes.
AB - Pelagic Sargassum, a genus of algae considered invasive species in the Caribbean Sea, has been used as raw material for varied purposes in different fields. In nanotechnology, Sargassum has been proposed as a source for the synthesis of nanoparticles known as carbon quantum dots (CQDs) due to its composition, mostly proteins and carbohydrates (mono and polysaccharides), as well as to the low cost and low environmental impact of the processes used to obtain them. Nanoparticles, specifically CQDs, can be applied in many important fields such as medicine, food technology, and agricultural and environmental sciences. In these, CQDs can play a variety of roles, acting as labeling or bioimaging agents, biosensors or as drug or gene delivery vectors. Many of these applications are still under study, and thus, this chapter summarizes the newest information regarding the synthesis and applications of CQDs, paying special attention to its ecofriendly preparation processes.
KW - Carbon quantum dots
KW - Hydrothermal synthesis
KW - Microwave synthesis
KW - Nanoparticles
KW - Nanotechnology
KW - Natural resource
KW - Pelagic Sargassum
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85126187348&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-81557-8_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-81557-8_7
M3 - Capítulo
AN - SCOPUS:85126187348
T3 - Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences
SP - 153
EP - 168
BT - Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
ER -