KAUST researchers1 have come up with a strategy to create extremely fluorescent nanoparticles through meticulous molecular design of conjugated polymers. These types of miniature polymer-based particles could act as substitutes to conventional organic dyes and inorganic semiconductor quantum dots as fluorescent tags used in medical imaging.
Conjugated polymer-derived nanoparticles, referred to as Pdots, are thought to be capable of transforming several areas, including bio-sensing, bio-imaging, optoelectronics, and nanomedicine, because of their high stability under exposure to light, strong fluorescence, and low cytotoxicity. Their spectroscopic properties are tunable by alteration the polymer structures. This makes it important to deliberate on their design at the molecular level.
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