Fluorescent Emission Spectral Stacking of Polymer Encapsulated Quantum Dots

Abstract

Generally, a polymer nanomaterial encapsulation system useful in the production of polymer encapsulated nanoparticles comprised of a hydrophobic nanoparticle encapsulated in the hydrophobic region of the polymer with the external hydrophilic region of the polymer ensuring water-solubility and affording a functional group which can be utilized for the production of nanoparticle conjugates. Specifically, particular embodiments include a polymer nanoparticle structure including quantum dots having narrow spectral emission with emission peaks separated by about 20 nm in the visible spectrum of about 380 nm to about 700 nm and emission peaks separated by about 50 nm in the visible spectrum of about 700 nm to about 1000 nm for the production of antibody conjugates useful in the capture and analysis of cellular targets by spectral flow cytometery.

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