Polycation-b-polyzwitterion copolymer grafted luminescent carbon dots as a multifunctional platform for serum-resistant gene delivery and bioimaging

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 20487-20497

  Cheng, Lu ^a   Li, Yongmao ^a   Zhai, Xinyun ^a   Xu, Bing ^a   Cao, Zhiqiang ^b   Liu, Wenguang ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; Carbon dots; Gene delivery; Polysulfobetaine; Serum resistance

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARBON; CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION; EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); THERANOSTICS;

BIO-IMAGING; CARBON DOTS; GENE DELIVERY; POLYSULFOBETAINES; SERUM RESISTANCE;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

BIOMATERIAL; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CARBON; NANOMATERIAL; POLYAMINE; POLYCATIONS; POLYMER; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; COS 1 CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEMOLYSIS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARBON; CATTLE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMIDS; POLYAMINES; POLYMERS; PROTEIN BINDING; RABBITS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84914706479     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am506076r     Document Type: Article

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