Carbon dots-embedded N-acetylneuraminic acid and glucuronic acid-imprinted polymers for targeting and imaging of cancer cells.

Diagnosis, treatment, and prediction of cancer progression require new targeting agents to specifically target cell surface receptors. Herein, we demonstrated fluorescent carbon quantum dots-molecularly imprinted polymer (CQD-MIP) for selective targeting and imaging of cancer cells. Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) were synthesized and characterized.