Issue 75, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Facile self-assembly of porphyrin-embedded polymeric vesicles for theranostic applications†

Chia-Yen Hsu,a   Mu-Ping Niehb  and  Ping-Shan Lai*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
E-mail: pslai@email.nchu.edu.tw
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b Institute of Materials Science, Department of Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA
E-mail: mu-ping.nieh@ims.uconn.edu
Tel: +860-4808708

Abstract

A robust and uniform porphysome, which reveals an efficient photodynamic therapy and contrast-enhanced ultrasonic imaging for theranostic applications, can be fabricated from a 4-armed porphyrin–polylactide conjugate.

Graphical abstract: Facile self-assembly of porphyrin-embedded polymeric vesicles for theranostic applications

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC33851C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 May 2012
Accepted
26 Jun 2012
First published
27 Jun 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 9343-9345

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C. Hsu, M. Nieh and P. Lai, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 9343 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC33851C

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