Nano-Encapsulation of Fluorescent Dyes in Diblock Copolymer Micelles

  • Yoo, Seong-Il (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Zin, Wang-Cheol (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Sohn, Byeong-Hyeok (Department of Chemistry, NANO Systems Institute, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2006.10.13

Abstract

Fluorescent dyes were encapsulated in the nanometer-sized diblock copolymer micelles to control the fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Since acceptor molecules and donor molecules were effectively isolated in the independent micelles, the energy transfer between donors and acceptors was suppressed by the site isolation, leading to the simultaneous emission from both donor and acceptor molecules.

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