Highly emissive and biocompatible dopamine-derived oligomers as fluorescent probes for chemical detection and targeted bioimaging†
Bin Xiong,Yin Chen,Yiwei Shu,Bo Shen,Ho Nam Chan,Yaozong Chen,Junli Zhou,Hongkai Wu
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 09/15/2014 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C4CC06139J
Abstract

We prepared highly emissive and biocompatible dopamine-derived oligomers, and demonstrated their applications as novel fluorescent probes for sensitive detection of Fe3+ ions and targeted bioimaging in live cells.

Graphical abstract: Highly emissive and biocompatible dopamine-derived oligomers as fluorescent probes for chemical detection and targeted bioimaging