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SUBMITTER: He J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6415357 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
He Ji J Chen Huixin H Guo Yanjia Y Wang Liang L Zhu Lingli L Karahan H Enis HE Chen Yuan Y
Polymers 20180522 5
Based on simple mixing and polymerization of a hydroxyl-containing derivative of perylene bisimide (PBI) and l-malic acid, here, we demonstrate a new type of dye-polymer conjugate, PBI-poly(α,β-malic acid) (PBI⁻PMA). Benefiting from the excellent water-solubility of weak polyanionic PMA structure and the high fluorescence of PBI, the PBI-PMA conjugates readily dissolve in water, displaying strong pH-dependent fluorescence with the highest intensity at pH 6. Due to the excellent biocompatibility ...[more]