The Behavior of Carbonized Polymer Dots at the Nano-Bio Interface and Their Luminescent Mechanism:A Physical Chemistry Perspective

Carbonized polymer dots(CPDs)have been widely applied in biomedical fields,such as imaging,diagnosis and drug delivery.Since the complex,non-equilibrated and dynamic nature of biological systems inevitably affect the predesigned properties of CPDs,then efficiency and ultimate outcome of CPDs in biological identity will be transformed by the ubiquitous nano-bio interactions.Herein,our recent progress about elucidating the behavior of CPDs at nano-bio interface from the perspective of physical chemistry has been summarized in the review,mainly at the bio-macromolecular,cellular membrane and cellular levels,which is crucial for characterize their relative cytotoxicity and clinical transformation.Moreover,we mainly focused on the quantitative relationship of nano-bio interactions between CPDs with biological identity and related thermodynamics parameters during this process is also obtained from advanced isothermal titration calorimetry technique.Finally,our recent study about the photoluminescence origin is also included in this review,which favors modulating the photoluminescence of CPDs.