Morphology-Tailoring of a Red AIEgen from Microsized Rods to Nanospheres for Tumor-Targeted Bioimaging

  • Yongsheng Li*
  • , Andong Shao
  • , Yao Wang
  • , Ju Mei
  • , Dechao Niu
  • , Jinlou Gu
  • , Ping Shi
  • , Weihong Zhu
  • , He Tian
  • , Jianlin Shi
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Efficient morphology modulation of a red AIEgen from pristine microsized rods to nanospheres is achieved via encapsula ting QM-2 (quinolinemalononitrile-2) into hybrid micelles. This novel reagent shows great potential in tumor-targeted bioimaging because of its monodispersion in aqueous systems, the uniform diameter of ≈30 nm, enhanced fluorescence brightness with a large Stokes shift of 190 nm, and strongly increased biocompatibility and photostability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3187-3193
Number of pages7
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume28
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Apr 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • bioimaging
  • modulation
  • morphology
  • photostability
  • tumor targeting

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