Issue 64, 2012

Stabilising fluorescent silica nanoparticles against dissolution effects for biological studies

Abstract

Here we show that commonly employed Stöber type fluorescently labelled silica nanoprobes degrade by hydrolytic dissolution, accelerated under biological media conditions as compared to water alone. We have thus developed a method to greatly improve their stability under such conditions.

Graphical abstract: Stabilising fluorescent silica nanoparticles against dissolution effects for biological studies

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Apr 2012
Accepted
25 Jun 2012
First published
26 Jun 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 7970-7972

Stabilising fluorescent silica nanoparticles against dissolution effects for biological studies

E. Mahon, D. R. Hristov and K. A. Dawson, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 7970 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC34023B

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