Boron Polylactide Nanoparticles Exhibiting Fluorescence and Phosphorescence in Aqueous Medium Export

@article{citeulike:3170947, abstract = {ABSTRACT Difluoroboron dibenzoylmethane-polylactide, BF2dbmPLA, a biocompatible polymerluminophore conjugate was fabricated as nanoparticles. Spherical particles <100 nm in size were generated via nanoprecipitation. Intense blue fluorescence, two-photon absorption, and long-lived room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) are retained in aqueous suspension. The nanoparticles were internalized by cells and visualized by fluorescence microscopy. Luminescent boron biomaterials show potential for imaging and sensing.}, address = {Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, McCormick Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, and ! Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908}, author = {Pfister, Anne and Zhang, Guoqing and Zareno, Jessica and Horwitz, Alan F. and Fraser, Cassandra L.}, citeulike-article-id = {3170947}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn7003525}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn7003525}, day = {24}, doi = {10.1021/nn7003525}, journal = {ACS Nano}, keywords = {aqueous, boron, citedby4, fluorescence, nanoparticles, phosphorescence, polylactide}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {1252--1258}, posted-at = {2008-08-29 02:27:33}, priority = {2}, title = {Boron Polylactide Nanoparticles Exhibiting Fluorescence and Phosphorescence in Aqueous Medium}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn7003525}, volume = {2}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3170947 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3170947 N2 - ABSTRACT Difluoroboron dibenzoylmethane-polylactide, BF2dbmPLA, a biocompatible polymerluminophore conjugate was fabricated as nanoparticles. Spherical particles <100 nm in size were generated via nanoprecipitation. Intense blue fluorescence, two-photon absorption, and long-lived room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) are retained in aqueous suspension. The nanoparticles were internalized by cells and visualized by fluorescence microscopy. Luminescent boron biomaterials show potential for imaging and sensing. IS - 6 JF - ACS Nano AD - Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, McCormick Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, and ! Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 EP - 1258 TI - Boron Polylactide Nanoparticles Exhibiting Fluorescence and Phosphorescence in Aqueous Medium VL - 2 SP - 1252 KW - aqueous KW - boron KW - citedby4 KW - fluorescence KW - nanoparticles KW - phosphorescence KW - polylactide AU - Pfister, Anne AU - Zhang, Guoqing AU - Zareno, Jessica AU - Horwitz, Alan AU - Fraser, Cassandra PY - 2008/06/24/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn7003525 ER -