Inherently fluorescent polymers are of interest in materials and medicine. We report a ring-opening metathesis polymerisation (ROMP) platform for creation of amphiphilic block copolymers in which one block is formed from rhodamine B-containing monomers. The polymers self-assemble into well-defined micelles which are able to sequester molecular dyes and further interact with them by energy transfer. Despite incorporating a cationic dye known to bind DNA, the polymer micelles do not interact with DNA, indicating that they are potentially safe for use in bioanalytical applications.

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罗丹明官能化ROMP聚合物的超分子行为和荧光

固有地，荧光聚合物在材料和医学中令人关注。我们报告开环易位聚合（ROMP）平台，用于创建两亲性嵌段共聚物，其中一个嵌段是由含若丹明B的单体形成的。聚合物自组装成定义明确的胶束，该胶束能够隔离分子染料并通过能量转移与它们进一步相互作用。尽管掺入了已知能与DNA结合的阳离子染料，但聚合物胶束不会与DNA相互作用，表明它们在生物分析应用中潜在安全。