Antipathogenic carbon dots synthesized from fluorescent amino acids and their photodynamic activity.

irradiance value on amino acids CD exhibited improved photodynamic activity. The natural amino acid-derived CDs show great biocompatibility on L929 fibroblast cells with > 86% cell viability, for all formulations except Tyr CDs, retaining 78 ± 3% viability even at 1000 μg/mL concentration, and blood compatibility at 500 μg/mL concentration. Therefore, these CDs derived from fluorescent amino acids are photoactivated and are of excellent nanosized materials in a variety of biomedical in vitro and in vivo uses, including diagnostic, sensor, and therapeutic applications.