Issue 33, 2017

Photoswitchable fluorescent polymeric nanoparticles for rewritable fluorescence patterning and intracellular dual-color imaging with AIE-based fluorogens as FRET donors

Abstract

Photoswitchable fluorescent polymer nanoparticles (PFPNs) were constructed from an aggregation-induced emission (AIE) based fluorogen and a photochromic spiropyran-linked amphiphilic copolymer via a simple co-precipitation method. Possessing the reversible photoisomerization property and high fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) efficiency, not only did the designed spiropyran-linked amphiphilic copolymer provide the PFPNs with excellent long-term stability (∼5 weeks) in aqueous media, but also it could both efficiently and reversibly switch on/off the fluorescence emission of the AIE-based fluorogen upon irradiation with UV and visible light. It is worth noting that the high contrast dual-color characteristics written with PFPNs as rewritable fluorescence patterning can be tuned by altering the wavelength of the irradiation light. Moreover, the resultant PFPNs were successfully applied for intracellular dual-color imaging due to their outstanding cell-membrane permeability and rapid photo-responsiveness, as well as excellent repeatability properties.

Graphical abstract: Photoswitchable fluorescent polymeric nanoparticles for rewritable fluorescence patterning and intracellular dual-color imaging with AIE-based fluorogens as FRET donors

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 May 2017
Accepted
24 Jul 2017
First published
25 Jul 2017

Polym. Chem., 2017,8, 4849-4855

Photoswitchable fluorescent polymeric nanoparticles for rewritable fluorescence patterning and intracellular dual-color imaging with AIE-based fluorogens as FRET donors

W. Zhong, X. Zeng, J. Chen, Y. Hong, L. Xiao and P. Zhang, Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 4849 DOI: 10.1039/C7PY00834A

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