Self-assembled nanostructures of red fluorescent amphiphilic block copolymers as both imaging probes and drug carriers

• Main Authors: Huang, Shuo, Wei, Xin, Wang, Mingfeng
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Fluorescence; Polymer; DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Biochemical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106605; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47423
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We report a red-fluorescent drug delivery system formed by biodegradable and biocompatible amphiphilic A-B-A block copolymers. Each polymer consists of a red fluorescent dye covalently bonded in the middle of hydrophobic block (B) of polylactone, tethered at both ends with poly[(oligo ethylene glyco...