Jinjun Zhou, Kaushik Mishra, Vrushali Bhagat, Abraham Joy and Matthew L. Becker
Polym. Chem., 2015,6, 2813-2816
DOI:
10.1039/C4PY01781A,
Communication
Dual end-functionalized telechelic poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) was synthesized using reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization. One end was coupled to a fluorescent dye and the other end was covalently coupled to CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) through carbodiimide chemistry. The hybrid nanoparticle shows ratiometric changes in fluorescence emission upon temperature cycling between 25 °C and 45 °C.