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Published on: April 28, 2015
Preparation of biocompatible aggregation-induced emission homopolymeric nanoparticles for cell imaging
Chunping Ma1, Qingqing Ling, Shidang Xu
1PCFM Lab, DSAPM Lab, KLGHEI of Environment and Energy Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
Abstract:
A series of new homopolymers with various degrees of polymerization derived from vinyl tetraphenylethene, that is, poly[2-(4-vinylphenyl)ethene-1,1,2-triyl)tribenzene] homopolymers, is synthesized by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. The homopolymers exhibit a significant aggregation-induced emission (AIE) effect and an ability to assemble themselves into AIE polymer nanoparticles (NPs) during precipitation in a water/tetrahydrofuran (THF) mixture. The NPs also exhibit good dispersibility, stability, and biocompatibility. The AIE polymer NPs are used in imaging studies of HeLa cells.
