TY - JOUR
T1 - Semiconducting polymer nanoparticles as fluorescent probes for biological imaging and sensing
AU - Chan, Yang-Hsiang
AU - Wu, Pei Jing
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - In recent years, semiconducting polymer nanoparticles have emerged as a new class of extraordinarily bright fluorescent probes. These polymer nanoparticles, which are primarily composed of π-conjugated polymers, exhibit a variety of outstanding features, including exceptional fluorescence brightness, fast radiative rate, good photostability, facile surface functionalization, and low cytotoxicity. These advantageous characteristics make polymer nanoparticles highly promising for applications in biological imaging and sensing. This progress report highlights recent advances in the synthesis, characterization, and applications as bio-labels or sensors of these highly emissive organic nanoparticles.
AB - In recent years, semiconducting polymer nanoparticles have emerged as a new class of extraordinarily bright fluorescent probes. These polymer nanoparticles, which are primarily composed of π-conjugated polymers, exhibit a variety of outstanding features, including exceptional fluorescence brightness, fast radiative rate, good photostability, facile surface functionalization, and low cytotoxicity. These advantageous characteristics make polymer nanoparticles highly promising for applications in biological imaging and sensing. This progress report highlights recent advances in the synthesis, characterization, and applications as bio-labels or sensors of these highly emissive organic nanoparticles.
KW - Bioimaging
KW - Fluorescence
KW - FRET sensors
KW - Polymer dots
KW - Semiconducting polymers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84920753990&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/ppsc.201400123
DO - 10.1002/ppsc.201400123
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84920753990
SN - 0934-0866
VL - 32
SP - 11
EP - 28
JO - Particle and Particle Systems Characterization
JF - Particle and Particle Systems Characterization
IS - 1
ER -