Facile and wide-range size tuning of conjugated polymer nanoparticles for biomedical applications as a fluorescent probe

Abstract

Conjugated polymer nanoparticles (Pdots) are expected to be novel bioimaging and sensing probes. However, the size tuning required to control biological interactions has not been well established. Herein, we achieved a size-tunable synthesis of Pdots ranging from 30 to 200 nm by controlling the hydrolysis rate of the stabilising agent and evaluated their cellular imaging properties.