Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Copper Clusters Using Living Polymer Chains as Combined Reducing Agents and Ligands

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 11886-11897

  Barthel, Markus J ^a   Angeloni, Ilaria ^a,b   Petrelli, Alessia ^a   Avellini, Tommaso ^a   Scarpellini, Alice ^a   Bertoni, Giovanni ^a,c   Armirotti, Andrea ^a   Moreels, Iwan ^a   Pellegrino, Teresa ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c IMEM CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

anionic polymerization; cell uptake; copper clusters; nanoparticles; PEG; photoluminescence; propylene sulfide

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHAINS; CHELATION; COPPER; CYTOLOGY; DERIVATIVES; EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; METAL IONS; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROPYLENE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REDUCING AGENTS; SALT REMOVAL; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMPHIPHILIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; ANIONIC RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; CELL UPTAKE; COPPER CLUSTER; FLUORESCENT STAINING; HYDROPHOBIC CHARACTER; INCUBATION TEMPERATURES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MEDIA;

RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84952342531     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b04270     Document Type: Article

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