AIE Polymers: Synthesis, Properties, and Biological Applications

Ruoyu Zhan; Yutong Pan; Purnima Naresh Manghnani; Bin Liu

doi:10.1002/mabi.201600433

AIE Polymers: Synthesis, Properties, and Biological Applications

Macromol Biosci. 2017 May;17(5). doi: 10.1002/mabi.201600433. Epub 2016 Dec 20.

Authors

Ruoyu Zhan¹, Yutong Pan², Purnima Naresh Manghnani², Bin Liu²

Affiliations

¹ School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai, 201804, China.
² Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore.

PMID: 27996201
DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201600433

Abstract

Aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) is a general phenomenon that is faced by traditional fluorescent polymers. Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) is exactly opposite to ACQ. AIE molecules are almost nonemissive in their molecularly dissolved state, but they can be induced to show high fluorescence in the aggregated or solid state. Incorporation of AIE phenomenon into polymer design has yielded various polymers with AIE characteristics. In this review, the recent progress of AIE polymers for biological applications is summarized.

Keywords: aggregation induced emission; biological applications; polymers.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Fluorescence
Polymerization
Polymers / chemical synthesis
Polymers / chemistry*
Polymers / pharmacology
Solubility

Substances

Polymers