A convenient preparation of multi-spectral microparticles by bacteria-mediated assemblies of conjugated polymer nanoparticles for cell imaging and barcoding.

Feng, Xuli; Yang, Gaomai; Liu, Libing; Lv, Fengting; Yang, Qiong; Wang, Shu; Zhu, Daoben · Adv Mater · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A novel technique was developed for preparing encoded multicolour microparticles based on the self-assembly of bacteria and conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs) by a very simple and time-saving manner. These bacteria-CPNs microparticles show multicolor emissions by tuning FRET efficiencies among CPNs under single excitation wavelength and can be successfully applied for cell imaging and optical barcoding.

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