Facile synthesis of hybrid silica nanocapsules by interfacial templating condensation and their application in fluorescence imaging

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Nov 7:(41):6240-2. doi: 10.1039/b914366a. Epub 2009 Sep 2.

Abstract

A stable aqueous dispersion of hybrid silica nanocapsules encapsulating fluorescent conjugated polymers have been successfully synthesized via a facile and highly benign approach of templated condensation of silica precursors at the core-corona interface of PEO-based block copolymer micelles.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • Macrophages / cytology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nanocapsules / chemistry*
  • Nanocapsules / ultrastructure
  • Particle Size
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemical synthesis
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Nanocapsules
  • Polymers
  • Silicon Dioxide