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Yu Rong1, Jiangbo Yu1, Xuanjun Zhang2
1Department of Chemistry, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington 98195, United States.
Abstract:
Cross-linked polymer dots with intense and narrow yellow emission were designed using boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) polymer as the acceptor and poly[9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl-co-1,4-benzo-{2,1'-3}-thiadiazole] (PFBT) polymer as the donor. The emission fwhm's of the polymer dots (Pdots) were 37 nm. CL-BODIPY 565 Pdots were about 5 times brighter than commercial quantum dots (Qdots) 565 under identical experimental conditions. Specific cellular targeting indicated that the small, bright, and narrow emissive CL-BODIPY 565 Pdots are promising probes for biological applications.
