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NANOSCALE
卷 9, 期 5, 页码 2009-2019出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6nr09162h
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- Brazilian Government [0685/13-5]
- UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/K018876/1]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/J021199/1, 1104262] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/J021199/1] Funding Source: UKRI
This study compares the performance of a microfluidic technique and a conventional bulk method to manufacture conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs) embedded within a biodegradable poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether-block-poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PEG(5K)-PLGA(55K)) matrix. The influence of PEG(5K)-PLGA(55K) and conjugated polymers cyano-substituted poly(p-phenylene vinylene) (CN-PPV) and poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole) (F8BT) on the physicochemical properties of the CPNs was also evaluated. Both techniques enabled CPN production with high end product yields (similar to 70-95%). However, while the bulk technique (solvent displacement) under optimal conditions generated small nanoparticles (similar to 70-100 nm) with similar optical properties (quantum yields similar to 35%), the microfluidic approach produced larger CPNs (140-260 nm) with significantly superior quantum yields (49-55%) and tailored emission spectra. CPNs containing CN-PPV showed smaller size distributions and tuneable emission spectra compared to F8BT systems prepared under the same conditions. The presence of PEG(5K)-PLGA(55K) did not affect the size or optical properties of the CPNs and provided a neutral net electric charge as is often required for biomedical applications. The microfluidics flow-based device was successfully used for the continuous preparation of CPNs over a 24 hour period. On the basis of the results presented here, it can be concluded that the microfluidic device used in this study can be used to optimize the production of bright CPNs with tailored properties with good reproducibility.
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