Non-coordinating anions assemble cyanine amphiphiles into ultra-small fluorescent nanoparticles
Ievgen Shulov1, Youri Arntz, Yves Mély
1Laboratoire de Biophotonique et Pharmacologie, UMR 7213 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 ILLKIRCH Cedex, France. andrey.klymchenko@unistra.fr.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|June 3, 2016
Abstract:
A non-coordinating anion, fluorinated tetraphenylborate, assembles specially designed cationic cyanine amphiphiles into 7-8 nm fluorescent nanoparticles that are >40-fold brighter than a single cyanine dye. This kind of anion, combining hydrophobic and electrostatic forces in aqueous media, constitutes promising building blocks in the self-assembly of functional nanomaterials.
