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JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY
Volume 228, Issue 1, Pages 60-67Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2011.11.012
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Fluorescent nanoparticles; Polystyrene nanoparticles; Fluorescein; Emulsion polymerisation
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Fluorescent nanoparticles continue to be of wide interest, as they have many advantages over single fluorescent molecules for biological imaging and sensing applications, such as increased fluorescence intensity and reduced photobleaching. In the following work, styrene was copolymerised with a newly synthesised, fluorescein-based, vinylic crosslinking monomer, by emulsion polymerisation, to create a series of different sized fluorescent nanoparticles (35-100 nm), each of narrow size-distribution. The particles were found to be highly fluorescent and with lower photobleaching compared to fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), offering an attractive alternative. The fluorescence excitation and emission spectra were recorded, being similar to fluorescein, but with interesting variation in the excitation spectra. The particles also have a wide range of potential uses, such as examining particle uptake activity of a macrophage cell line, also demonstrated. The nanoparticles were coated with albumin to provide functionality for potential conjugation to biological targeting agents. (C) 2011 published by Elsevier B.V.
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