Recently, the team of Diamond Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Material Physics, School of Physics and Microelectronics of Zhengzhou University systematically summarized the important progress in recent years in chemiluminescent carbon dots synthesis, properties, and applications. The research results, entitled ”Chemiluminescent carbon dots: Synthesis, properties, and applications”, were published in an ESI physics journal Nano Today. The first author is Shen Chenglong, a doctoral student from the School of Physics and Engineering, ZZU, and the corresponding authors are Dr. Qing Lou, young teachers of the School of Physics and Engineering, ZZU, and associate Prof. Chongxin Shan.