Intracellular pH sensing using polymeric micelle containing tetraphenylethylene-oxazolidine

Qingkai Qi, Yue Li, Xiaoyu Yan, Fengli Zhang, Shan Jiang, Jing Su, Bin Xu, Xueqi Fu, Liankun Sun, Wenjing Tian

Polymer Chemistry · 2016 · 26 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

The self-assembled polymeric micelle can be used as an effective probe for intracellular pH detection by switching its luminescence from cyan to red with high selectivity and contrast.

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