Low-cost and Eco-friendly Carboxymethyl cellulose Hydrogels with Carbon dots incorporated based on new green chemical route to women health treatment

This research produces innovative carbon dots (Cdots) based on an easy chemical route using low-cost and sub-wear out fiber from Brazilian semiarid region and incorporated this carbon dots in carboxymethyl cellulose hydrogels to evaluate the potential of these materials for bioimaging and theragnostic of diseases that affects reproductive women health. These hydrogels were intensively characterized using different techniques. Then, biological analyses, including cellular uptake with confocal microscopy, were performed to determine their biocompatibility and biomarker potential.