title: Water-soluble, membrane-permeable organic fluorescent nanoparticles with large tunability in emission wavelengths and Stokes shifts.
abstract: Entrapment within surface-crosslinked micelles (SCMs) enhanced the emission of conventional hydrophobic fluorescent dyes, endowed them with excellent water solubility and membrane permeability, and greatly expanded the Stokes shifts without any covalent structural modification of the dyes.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yu-Zhe
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Peng-Zhong
authors.initials: PZ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hui-Qing
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Hui-Ying
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Li-Zhu
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chen-Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tung
authors.forename: Qing-Zheng
authors.initials: QZ
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008823:Micelles; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: C095489:4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene; D001896:Boron Compounds; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008823:Micelles; D014867:Water