Carbon and Graphene Quantum Dots for Biomedical Applications

Prof. Kyusik Yun is currently a Professor at the Department of Bionanotechnology, Gachon University, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1998 at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. His research interests are in nanomaterials, graphene oxide and biosensors. Dr. Saravanan Govindaraju is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Bionanotechnology, Gachon University, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. degree in 2018 at Gachon University, under the advisory of Prof. Yun. His research interests are in nanomaterials for biomedical applications, with a particular interest in functionalized gold nanoparticles and carbon nanomaterials.

Section 1: Importance of quantum dots in nanotechnology1. Fundamentals of carbon and graphene quantum dots2. Biosynthesis of carbon quantum dots and its advances3. The era of Graphene based quantum dots4. Quantum dots: Conjugation and its advancement5. Fluorescence and quantum yield: Phenomenon and its ImportanceSection 2: Quantum dots and its advancement towards microbial studies6. Recent advancement and importance of quantum dots as antibacterial agents7. Emerging trends of quantum dots towards antiviral study8. Current trends and role of quantum dots in fungal studies9. Biosafety of quantum dots in biological applicationsSection 3: Impact of quantum dots in biosensing applications10. Quantum dots: emerging trends towards biosensing11. Quantum dots based pathogenic biosensing12. Detection of biomolecules and body fluid by using quantum dots13. Trends and development of point of care diagnostics using quantum dots14. Quantum dots based commercialized biosensors: current and future prospectiveSection 4: Quantum dots towards bioimaging and drug delivery applications15. Therapeutics and imaging applications of quantum dots16. Innovations and applications of quantum dots towards cancer therapy17. Carbon and graphene quantum dots for drug delivery applications18. Emerging approaches of quantum dots in vaccination and immunization19. Future aspects of carbon and graphene quantum dots in biomedical application