Issue 2, 2021

Fabrication of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) nanoparticles with fluorescent tracers for studies in mammalian cells

Abstract

Fluorescent nanoparticles (NPs) comprising polyethylene terephthalate (PET) with a hydrodynamic diameter of 158 ± 2 nm were synthesized in a bottom-up approach. Concentration-dependent uptake and cytotoxicity of PET NPs in macrophages are shown. The fabrication of well-characterized NPs, derived from high-commodity polymers, will support future studies to assess effects on biological systems.

Graphical abstract: Fabrication of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) nanoparticles with fluorescent tracers for studies in mammalian cells

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Oct 2020
Accepted
26 Nov 2020
First published
15 Dec 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2021,3, 339-346

Fabrication of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) nanoparticles with fluorescent tracers for studies in mammalian cells

L. M. Johnson, J. B. Mecham, S. A. Krovi, M. M. Moreno Caffaro, S. Aravamudhan, A. L. Kovach, T. R. Fennell and N. P. Mortensen, Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 339 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00888E

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