Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Current Trends in Carbon dots Applications
3. Overview of Carbon Dot Synthesis
4. Synthesis of Carbon dots from Biomass Resources
5. Physical and Chemical Properties of Carbon Dots
6. Characterization of Carbon Dots for Optical Properties
7. Effect and Mechanism of Carbon dots in Photosynthesis and Plant system
8. Application of Carbon dots in Agriculture system
9. Comparative Studies on Carbon dots Application in Plant system
10. Role of Carbon Dots in Agriculture System: Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Approach
11. Post-harvest Applications of Carbon dots in Agriculture: Food Safety
12. Conclusions and Future Prospects

About the Author

Raju Khan, FRSC, is a Senior Principal Scientist & Professor, CSIR - Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal, MP, India. He has more than 15 years of experience in electrochemistry to explore electrochemical properties of nanostructure materials to design and develop efficient biosensor devices integrated with microfluidics for biomedical applications. Professor S. Murali is Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR AMPRI in Bhopal, India Assistant Professor at The Assam Kaziranga University Jorhat, India. He received his MSc degree in Organic Chemistry from Dibrugarh University and awarded PhD degree in Material Chemistry by Tezpur Central University. He received prestigious National Post-Doctoral Fellowship by SERB-DST, Govt. of India, and carried out his post-doctoral research at CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, India. Dr. Gogoi’s research interest includes nanomaterial synthesis, characterization and their application. He has particular interest on carbonaceous nano-structures like carbon dot, graphene oxide, graphene quantum dots, carbon nanotube for their utility in the domain of sensing, environmental monitoring, bio-imaging, photo-catalysis and energy conversion.