Directed self-assembly of fluorescence responsive nanoparticles and their use for real-time surface and cellular imaging

Shane Cheung; Donal F. O’Shea

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02060-8

Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Directed self-assembly of fluorescence responsive nanoparticles and their use for real-time surface and cellular imaging

Shane Cheung,
Donal F. O’Shea

Affiliations

Shane Cheung: Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St Stephen’s Green
Donal F. O’Shea: Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St Stephen’s Green

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02060-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Polymer nanoparticles that have an in-built capacity to elicit an output during drug delivery are highly desirable. Here the authors describe the self-assembly of an amphiphilic tri-block co-polymer that shows particle fluorescence in response to temperature, surface adsorption and cellular uptake.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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