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Tailor‐Made Ligands for Biocompatible Nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Nikolic Marija S.,
Krack Maren,
Aleksandrovic Vesna,
Kornowski Andreas,
Förster Stephan,
Weller Horst
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200602209
Subject(s) - nanoparticle , ethylene oxide , denticity , ligand (biochemistry) , biocompatible material , quantum dot , nanotechnology , materials science , magnetic nanoparticles , aqueous medium , chemical engineering , oxide , aqueous solution , chemistry , copolymer , organic chemistry , polymer , crystal structure , biomedical engineering , medicine , biochemistry , receptor , engineering
Designer jackets : Polydentate amino‐functionalized poly(ethylene oxide)s with various block lengths are synthesized and used for ligand exchange and phase transfer of quantum dots and magnetic nanoparticles (see scheme; TEM images of the particles before and after the exchange are also shown). The ligands enable the transfer of the previously water‐insoluble particles into aqueous media.