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Fluorescence Imaging Applications of Functionalized Conjugated Polyelectrolytes

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CPEs have established themselves as useful imaging agents for live cells due to their superior properties of large extinction coefficients, good photostability, large two-photon action cross sections, low cytotoxicity, and versatile surface modification. In this chapter, fluorescence imaging applications of functionalized conjugated polyelectrolytes are presented, where specific cells imaging have been successfully achieved by functionalizing CPEs with specific recognition elements to attain selective binding. Specific cellular organelle imaging has also been successfully achieved with CPEs. As a new water-dispersible form of conjugated polymers, conjugated polymer nanoparticles present great potential in biological imaging due to their superior properties, which are comprehensively introduced in this chapter.

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Wang, S., Lv, F. (2013). Fluorescence Imaging Applications of Functionalized Conjugated Polyelectrolytes. In: Functionalized Conjugated Polyelectrolytes. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40540-2_3

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