Controlled mixing of lanthanide(III) ions in coacervate core micelles

Junyou Wang; Aldrik H. Velders; Eliana Gianolio; Silvio Aime; Frank J. Vergeldt; Henk Van As; Yun Yan; Markus Drechsler; Arie de Keizer; Martien A. Cohen Stuart; Jasper van der Gucht

doi:10.1039/C3CC39148E

Controlled mixing of lanthanide(iii) ions in coacervate core micelles†

Junyou Wang,^a Aldrik H. Velders,*^ab Eliana Gianolio,^c Silvio Aime,^c Frank J. Vergeldt,^d Henk Van As,^d Yun Yan,*^e Markus Drechsler,^f Arie de Keizer,^a Martien A. Cohen Stuart^a and Jasper van der Gucht^a

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^a Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Colloid Science, Wageningen University, Dreijenplein 6, 6703 HB Wageningen, The Netherlands
E-mail: junyou.wang@wur.nl
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^b BioNanoTechnology Group, Wageningen University, Dreijenplein 6, 6703 HB Wageningen, The Netherlands
E-mail: aldrik.velders@wur.nl

^c Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Imaging, University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, I-10125 Torino, Italy
E-mail: eliana.gianolio@unito.it

^d Laboratory of Biophysics and Wageningen Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Centre, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
E-mail: Henk.vanAs@wur.nl

^e Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
E-mail: yunyan@pku.edu.cn

^f Makromolekulare Chemie II, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
E-mail: Markus.Drechsler@uni-bayreuth.de

Abstract

This article presents a facile strategy to combine Eu³⁺ and Gd³⁺ ions into coacervate core micelles in a controlled way with a statistical distribution of the ions. Consequently, the formed micelles show a high tunability between luminescence and relaxivity. These highly stable micelles present great potential for new materials, e.g. as bimodal imaging probes.

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Controlled mixing of lanthanide(iii) ions in coacervate core micelles†

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