Unraveling electronic energy transfer in single conjugated polyelectrolytes encapsulated in lipid vesicles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 41, 2010, Pages 17480-17485

  Karam, Pierre ^a   Ngo, An Thien ^a   Rouiller, Isabelle ^a   Cosa, Gonzalo ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosensing; Exciton migration; Lipid polymer interaction; Water soluble light emitting polymer

Indexed keywords

POLY[5 METHOXY 2 (3 SULFOPROPOXY) 1,4 PHENYLENE VINYLENE]; POLYELECTROLYTE; POLYMER; SINGLE CONJUGATED POLYELECTROLYTE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFORMATION; CRYO TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCAPSULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; FLUORESCENCE; LIPID BILAYERS; PHOTOBLEACHING; POLYMERS; POLYVINYLS;

EID: 78049242135     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1008068107     Document Type: Article

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