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Published on: September 26, 2016
Red light induced folding of single polymer chains
Ishrath Mohamed Irshadeen1,2, Vinh X Truong1,2,3, Hendrik Frisch1,2
1School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane 2 George Street, QLD 4000, Australia. christopher.barnerkowollik@qut.edu.au.
Abstract:
We pioneer the photochemical generation of single chain nanoparticles (SCNPs) at the to-date mildest reported wavelength of 625 nm by exploiting the photochemical uncaging of methylene blue protected amines. The protected amines are tethered to polymers prepared via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerisation, and subsequently undergo intrachain crosslinking by amide formation.
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