Publications

Nontoxic amphiphilic carbon dots as promising drug nanocarriers across the blood-brain barrier and inhibitors of β-amyloid

Y. Zhou, P.Y. Liyanage, D. Devadoss, L.R.R. Guevara, L. Cheng, R.M. Graham, H.S. Chand, A.O. Al-Youbi, A.S. Bashammakh, M.S. El-Shahawi, R.M. Leblanc

Nanoscale, 2019,11, 22387-22397

Carbon Dots: Diverse Preparation, Application, and Perspective in Surface Chemistry

Yiqun Zhou, Keenan J. Mintz, Shiv K. Sharma, and Roger M. Leblanc

Langmuir 2019, 35, 28, 9115–9132

Size-dependent photocatalytic activity of carbon dots with surface-state determined photoluminescence

Yiqun Zhou, Elsayed M. Zahran, Bruno A. Quirog, Jennifer Perez, Keenan J.Mintz, Zhili Peng, Piumi Y. Liyanage, Raja R.Pandey, Charles C. Chusuei, Roger M.Leblanc

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental,Volume 248, 5 July 2019, Pages 157-166

Close-Packed Langmuir Monolayers of Saccharide-Based Carbon Dots at the Air–Subphase Interface

Elif S. Seven, Shiv K. Sharma, Dihya Meziane, Yiqun Zhou, Keenan J. Mintz, Raja R. Pandey, Charles C. Chusuei, and Roger M. Leblanc

Langmuir 2019, 35, 20, 6708–6718

Insights into the photoluminescence properties of gel-like carbon quantum dots embedded in poly(methyl methacrylate) polymer Joana Rodrigues, Sónia O. Pereira, S. Soreto Teixeira, Yiqun Zhou, Zhili Peng, Piumi Y. Liyanage. Roger M. Leblanc, Ana M.M.V. Barros-Timmons, Luis C. Costa, Florinda M. Costa. Teresa Monteiro

Materials Today Communications, Volume 18, 2019, 32-38

Triple conjugated carbon dots as a nano-drug delivery model for glioblastoma brain tumors

Sajini D. Hettiarachchi, Regina M. Graham, Keenan J. Mintz, Yiqun Zhou, Steven Vanni, Zhilli Peng and Roger M. Leblanc

Nanoscale, 2019,11, 6192-6205

Carbon dots and gold nanoparticles based immunoassay for detection of alpha-L-fucosidase

Keenan Mintz, Eric Waidely, Yiqun Zhou, Zhili Peng. Abdulrahman O. Al-Youbi, Abdulaziz S.Bashammakh, Mohammad S. El-Shahawi and Roger M.Leblanca

Analytica Chimica Acta, Vol. 1041, 2018, 114-121

Carbon Nitride Dots: A Selective Bioimaging Nanomaterial

Piumi Y. Liyanage, Regina M. Graham, Raja R. Pandey, Charles C. Chusuei, Keenan J. Mintz, Yiqun Zhou, James K. Harper, Wei Wu, Athula H. Wikramanayake, Steven Vanni, and Roger M. Leblanc

Bioconjugate Chem. 2018, 30, 1, 111–123

Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Carbon Dots with Long-Wavelength Photoluminescence

Keenan J. Mintz, Brenda Guerrero and Roger M. Leblanc

J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 51, 29507–29515

Embedding Carbon Dots in Superabsorbent Polymers for Additive Manufacturing

Yiqun Zhou, Keenan J. Mintz, Cagri Y. Oztan, Sajini D. Hettiarachchi, Zhili Peng, Elif S. Seven, Piumi Y. Liyanage, Sabrina De La Torre, Emrah Celik and Roger M. Leblanc

Polymers 2018, 10(8), 921

Photoluminescent Carbon Dots: A Mixture of Heterogeneous Fractions

Yiqun Zhou, Piumi Y. Liyanage, Daniel L. Geleroff, Dr. Zhili Peng, Keenan J. Mintz, Sajini D. Hettiarachchi, Raja R. Pandey, Prof. Dr. Charles C. Chusuei, Dr. Patricia L. Blackwelder. Prof. Dr. Roger M. Leblanc

ChemPhysChem 2018, 19, 2589.

Enhancement of Thermoelectric Figure of Merit of Bi2Te3 Using Carbon Dots

Emrah Celik, Cagri Oztan, Yiqun Zhou, Roger LeBlanc, Oguz Genc, Sedat Ballikaya

Proceedings of the ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Volume 6B: Energy.

Carbon dots: promising biomaterials for bone-specific imaging and drug delivery

Zhili Peng, Esmail H. Miyanji, Yiqun Zhou, Joel Pardo, Sajini D. Hettiarachchi, Shanghao Li, Patricia L. Blackwelder, Isaac Skromne and Roger M. Leblanc

Nanoscale, 2017,9, 17533-17543

Biocompatible and blood-brain barrier permeable carbon dots for inhibition of Aβ fibrillation and toxicity, and BACE1 activity

Han, X.; Jing, Z.; Wu, W.; Zou, B.; Peng, Z.; Ren, P.; Wikramanayake, A.; Lu, Z.; Leblanc, R. M.

Nanoscale 2017, 9, 12862-12866

Rheology of a carbon dot gel

Yiwen Jia, Yiqun Zhou, Eric Waidely, Alexandra Desserre, M. Hensley Marksberry, Charles C. Chusuei, Aijaz AhmadDar, Oyais Ahmas Chat, ShanghaoLi, Roger M.Leblanca

Inorganica Chimica Acta, Volume 468, 2017, 119-124

Gel‐like Carbon Dots: Characterization and their Potential Applications

Yiqun Zhou, Alexandra Desserre, Shiv K. Sharma, Dr. Shanghao Li, M. Hensley Marksberry, Prof. Dr. Charles C. Chusuei, Dr. Patricia L. Blackwelder, Prof. Dr. Roger M. Leblanc

ChemPhysChem 2017, 18, 890.

“Dark” carbon dots specifically “light-up” calcified zebrafish bones

Shanghao Li, Isaac Skromne, Zhili Peng, Julia Dallman, Abdulrahman O. Al-Youbi, Abdulaziz S. Bashammakh, Mohammad S. El-Shahawi and Roger M. Leblanc

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016,4, 7398-7405

Crossing the blood-brain-barrier with transferrin conjugated carbon dots: A zebrafish model study

Li, S.; Peng, Z.; Dallman, J.; Baker, J.; Othman, A. M.; Blackwelder, P. L.; Leblanc, R. M.

Colloids Surf. B 2016, 145, 251-6

Transferrin conjugated nontoxic carbon dots for doxorubicin delivery to target pediatric brain tumor cells

Shanghao Li, Daniel Amat, Zhili Peng, Steven Vanni, Scott Raskin, Guillermo De Angulo, Abdelhameed M. Othman, Regina M. Graham and Roger M. Leblanc

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 16662-16669

Dihydrolipoic Acid Conjugated Carbon Dots Accelerate Human Insulin Fibrillation

Kuruvilla S. J., S. Li, L. Sansalone, B. Fortes, I. Zheng, C. Pumilia, M. Micic, J. Orbulescu and R. M. Leblanc

J. Parkinson’s Dis. Alzheimer’s Dis. 2015, 2, 1-7

Nontoxic Carbon Dots Potently Inhibit Human Insulin Fibrillation

Shanghao Li, Lingyu Wang, Charles C. Chusuei, Valentina M. Suarez, Patrica L. Blackwelder, Miodrag Micic, Jhony Orbulescu and Roger M. Leblanc

Chem. Mater.2015, 27, 5, 1764-1771