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Synthesis, Cellular Delivery and In vivo Application of Dendrimer-based pH Sensors
Published on: September 10, 2013
Size-tunable fluorescent dendrimersomes via aggregation-induced emission
Marilyne Bélanger-Bouliga1, Brandon Andrade-Gagnon1, Diep Thi Hong Nguyen1
1Department of Chemistry, NanoQAM, Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P.8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada. nazemi.ali@uqam.ca.
Abstract:
Tetraphenylethylene-functionalized amphiphilic Janus dendrimers of up to third generation are synthesized. Their self-assembly has been studied under kinetic and thermodynamic control. By varying the dendrimer generation number and the self-assembly condition, fluorescent dendrimersomes of tunable size (∼60-200 nm) and quantum yield (5.7-17.4%) are obtained in aqueous medium.
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