Includes bibliographical references and index.

Carbon structures -- Using polymers to enhance the carbon nanomaterial biointerface -- Carbon nanomaterials for optical bioimaging and phototherapy -- High-resolution and high-contrast fluorescence imaging with carbon nanomaterials for pre-clinical and clinical applications -- Carbon nanomaterials for deep tissue imaging in the NIR spectral window -- Tracking photoluminescent carbon canomaterials in biological systems -- Photoacoustic imaging with carbon nanomaterials -- Carbon nanomaterial sensors for cancer and disease diagnosis -- Recent advances in carbon dots for bioanalysis and the future perspectives -- Functionalized carbon nanomaterials for drug delivery -- Multifunctional graphene-based nanocomposites for cancer diagnosis and therapy -- Carbon nanomaterials for photothermal therapies.