title: Triggered Release of Encapsulated Cargo from Photoresponsive Polyelectrolyte Nanocomplexes.
abstract: Combining the numerous advantages of using light as a stimulus, simple free radical random copolymerization, and the easy, all-aqueous preparation of polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs), we prepared photolabile PEC nanoparticles and demonstrated their rapid degradation under UV light. As a proof of concept demonstration, the dye Nile Red was encapsulated in the PECs and successfully released into the surrounding solution as the polyelectrolyte nanocomplex carriers dissolved upon light irradiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tufts University , 62 Talbot Avenue, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States.
authors.forename: Xiaoran
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tufts University , 62 Talbot Avenue, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Feeney
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tufts University , 62 Talbot Avenue, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States.
authors.forename: Ethan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McIntosh
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tufts University , 62 Talbot Avenue, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mullahoo
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University , 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University , 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States.
authors.forename: Qiaobing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tufts University , 62 Talbot Avenue, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States.
authors.forename: Samuel W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Thomas
keywords: nanoparticles; nitrobenzyl; photodegradable; polyelectrolyte complex; triggered release