Gadolinium and polythiophene functionalized polyurea polymer dots as fluoro-magnetic nanoprobes

• Main Authors: Karabacak, Soner, Palaniappan, Alagappan, Tsang, Tony Siu Hon, Teo, Edwin Hang Tong, Gulyás, Balázs, Padmanabhan, Parasuraman, Yildiz, Ümit Hakan
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Dual-Functional Reporters; Polymer Dots
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160656
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A rapid and one-pot synthesis of poly 3-thiopheneacetic acid (PTAA) functionalized polyurea polymer dots (Pdots) using polyethyleneimine and isophorone diisocyanate is reported. The one-pot mini-emulsion polymerization technique yielded Pdots with an average diameter of ~20 nm. The size, shape, and...