Development of bioconjugated dye-doped poly(styrene-co-maleimide) nanoparticles as a new bioprobe
A Swanepoel1, I du Preez, T Mahlangu
1Polymers and Composites, Materials Science and Manufacturing, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa.
Journal of Materials Chemistry. B
|April 9, 2020
Abstract:
Fluorescent dye-doped poly(styrene-co-maleimide) nanoparticles were synthesised and functionalized with amine groups and avidin and the dye-loading was varied. The nanoparticles showed great potential as bioprobes when conjugated with biotinylated antibodies.


