Surface-Engineered Carbon Dots as Green and Efficient Nanoscavengers with Dual Protective Functions against Oxidative Stress

Puntos clave

• The goal is to develop biomass-derived carbon dots that efficiently combat oxidative stress.
• Developed TP-CDs via core-surface engineering techniques.
• Integrated phenol-quinone redox chemistry with catalytic radical scavenging.
• TP-CDs exhibited high antioxidative activity.
• Showed dual protective functions against oxidative stress.