Chunping Ma , Jiyin He , Gaoyi Xie , Yuanyuan Han , Fengyuan Lin , Qiankun Guo , Dongdong Cao , Jinpeng Mo , Haijun Ma , Haibo Xie , Zhenguo Chi , Yongcan Jin
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Abstract
Fluorescent polymeric micromaterials have attracted abiding interest in biomedical applications due to their merits of visualization, fast response, and high sensitivity. Herein, we report a facile strategy for the fabrication of biocompatible polymeric microspheres using an aggregation-induced emission (AIE) active cellulose derivative TPE-CDHPM, which was synthesized through an esterification reaction of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) and a subsequent Biginelli reaction. The chemical structures of TPE-CDHPM were determined by FT-IR and 1H NMR spectroscopies, displaying a high degree of substitution of TPE (DSTPE = 0.73). TPE-CDHPM showed extremely weak fluorescence in the mono-dispersed state while emitting intensively at aggregated state. When dispersed in water, TPE-CDHPM could aggregate into microspheres with a size range of 40–200 nm. The TPE-CDHPM microspheres exhibited an ultralow critical micelle concentration (CMC) of 0.006 mg mL−1, good photoluminescence stability, negligible cytotoxicity, and fascinating biocompatibility, allowing its application in cell imaging. This work offers a direction for effectively constructing biocompatible fluorescent polymeric micromaterials for biomedical applications.
期刊介绍:
Dyes and Pigments covers the scientific and technical aspects of the chemistry and physics of dyes, pigments and their intermediates. Emphasis is placed on the properties of the colouring matters themselves rather than on their applications or the system in which they may be applied.
Thus the journal accepts research and review papers on the synthesis of dyes, pigments and intermediates, their physical or chemical properties, e.g. spectroscopic, surface, solution or solid state characteristics, the physical aspects of their preparation, e.g. precipitation, nucleation and growth, crystal formation, liquid crystalline characteristics, their photochemical, ecological or biological properties and the relationship between colour and chemical constitution. However, papers are considered which deal with the more fundamental aspects of colourant application and of the interactions of colourants with substrates or media.
The journal will interest a wide variety of workers in a range of disciplines whose work involves dyes, pigments and their intermediates, and provides a platform for investigators with common interests but diverse fields of activity such as cosmetics, reprographics, dye and pigment synthesis, medical research, polymers, etc.