A rhodamine-appended water-soluble conjugated polymer: an efficient ratiometric fluorescence sensing platform for intracellular metal-ion probing†
Abstract
The water-soluble CP was conjugated with a rhodamine spirolactam for the first time to develop a new FRET-based ratiometric fluorescence sensing platform (CP 1) for intracellular metal-ion probing. CP 1 exhibits excellent water-solubility with two well-resolved emission peaks, which benefit ratiometric intracellular imaging applications.