Fluorescent conjugated block copolymer nanoparticles by controlled mixing

Friederike Schütze; Beate Stempfle; Christian Jüngst; Dominik Wöll; Andreas Zumbusch; Stefan Mecking

doi:10.1039/c2cc17066c

Fluorescent conjugated block copolymer nanoparticles by controlled mixing

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Feb 18;48(15):2104-6. doi: 10.1039/c2cc17066c. Epub 2012 Jan 13.

Authors

Friederike Schütze¹, Beate Stempfle, Christian Jüngst, Dominik Wöll, Andreas Zumbusch, Stefan Mecking

Affiliation

¹ Chair of Chemical Materials Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, 78464 Konstanz, Germany.

PMID: 22246316
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc17066c

Abstract

Monitoring of the formation of stable fluorescent nanoparticles from controlled mixing of a THF solution of poly(fluorene ethynylene)-block-poly(ethylene glycol) in a microfluidic laminar flow crossjunction by spatially resolved fluorescence spectroscopy reveals the time scale of particle formation as well as incorporation of small molecule guests and the role of solvent mixing.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Fluorenes / chemistry*
Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
Microfluidic Analytical Techniques
Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry*
Solvents

Substances

Fluorenes
Fluorescent Dyes
Solvents
Polyethylene Glycols