Issue 11, 2014
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Nanoscale

Unadulterated BODIPY-dimer nanoparticles with high stability and good biocompatibility for cellular imaging†

Zhensheng Li,a   Min Zheng,b   Xingang Guan,ac   Zhigang Xie,*a   Yubin Huanga  and  Xiabin Jinga  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
E-mail: xiez@ciac.ac.cn
Tel: +86-431-85262779

b State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, CAS, 3888 East Nanhu Rd. Changchun, Jilin, P. R. China

c Life Science Research Center, Beihua University, Jilin, P. R. China

Abstract

Purely organic nanoparticles based on a BODIPY dimer, BDY-NPs, have been prepared for the first time using a nanoprecipitation procedure. The fluorescent nanoparticles have high physical homogeneity, good stability in water, and low cytotoxicity, which are suitable for cell imaging.

Graphical abstract: Unadulterated BODIPY-dimer nanoparticles with high stability and good biocompatibility for cellular imaging

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4NR00521J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Jan 2014
Accepted
25 Mar 2014
First published
27 Mar 2014

Nanoscale, 2014,6, 5662-5665

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Unadulterated BODIPY-dimer nanoparticles with high stability and good biocompatibility for cellular imaging

Z. Li, M. Zheng, X. Guan, Z. Xie, Y. Huang and X. Jing, Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 5662 DOI: 10.1039/C4NR00521J

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