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Preparation of Fluorescent Particles With Long Excitation and Emission Wavelengths Dispersible in Organic Solvents

Preparation of Fluorescent Particles With Long Excitation and Emission Wavelengths Dispersible in Organic Solvents

Hua Hu, Ronald G Larson

Langmuir. 2004 Aug 31;20(18):7436-43.

PMID: 15323487

Abstract:

We introduce a fast and simple one-step method, a variation of the methods of Barrett and Campbell and Bartlett, to synthesize monodisperse fluorescent particles that can be dispersed in organic solvents and have long excitation (649 nm) and emission wavelengths (679 nm). A lipophilic fluorescent dye, 1,1'-dioctadecyl-3,3,3',3'-tetramethylindodicarbocyanine perchlorate, is directly incorporated into PMMA particles through dispersion polymerization. A poly(hydroxystearic acid) graft (poly) methyl methacrylate (MM) and methacrylic acid (MA) copolymer is used as a stabilizer to prevent the particles from aggregating and flocculating in the nonaqueous solvents. The fluorescent PMMA particles are very uniform in size, bleach at very low rate, and behave like hard spheres in their ordering on substrates. One important achievement in our synthesis protocol is that we are able to produce particles of a desired size by choosing the composition of the reactants according to a predetermined relationship between particle size and composition of reactants. In addition, the effects of fluorescent dye and polar solvent (ethanol) on the formation and size of particles are discussed.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP25086151-A	Methacrylic acid and methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:1)		25086-15-1	Price

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