A Unique Aliphatic Tertiary Amine Chromophore: Fluorescence, Polymer Structure, and Application in Cell Imaging

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 134; no. 51; pp. 20581 - 20584
• Main Authors: Sun, Miao, Hong, Chun-Yan, Pan, Cai-Yuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 26.12.2012
• Subjects: cytotoxicity; Dendrimers - analysis; drugs; Fluorescence; fluorescent dyes; Fluorescent Dyes - analysis; Hep G2 Cells; Humans; image analysis; Microscopy, Confocal; photoluminescence; Polyamines - analysis; Polyesters - analysis; polymers; tertiary amines; vapors

Although photoluminescence of tertiary aliphatic amines has been extensively studied, the usage of this fundamental chromophore as a fluorescent probe for various applications has unfortunately not been realized because their uncommon fluorescence is easily quenched, and strong fluorescence has been...