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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Dendronised Polymers as Templates for In Situ Quantum Dot Synthesis

Alaa M. Munshi A B , Jessica A. Kretzmann https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8680-7766 A , Cameron W. Evans https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2312-9803 A , Anna M. Ranieri https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4612-2121 C , Zibeon Schildkraut A , Massimiliano Massi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6949-4019 C , Marck Norret https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7540-1368 A , Martin Saunders https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6873-7816 D and K. Swaminathan Iyer https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9329-4930 A E
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A School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.

B Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, 21955, Mecca, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia.

C Department of Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia.

D Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.

E Corresponding author. Email: swaminatha.iyer@uwa.edu.au

Australian Journal of Chemistry 73(7) 658-663 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH20071
Submitted: 3 March 2020  Accepted: 7 April 2020   Published: 16 June 2020

Abstract

The utility of dendrimers as effective carriers for targeted drug delivery and imaging has been facilitated by a high degree of molecular uniformity, narrow molecular weight distribution, tunable size and shape characteristics, and multivalency. Dendrimer–quantum dot (QD) nanocomposites have traditionally been synthesised by electrostatic self-assembly of preformed dendrimers and QDs, but higher generations are associated with limited flexibility and increased cytotoxicity. In this paper, we report the fabrication of CdTe QD nanoparticles using a dendronised linear copolymer bearing thiolated fourth-generation poly(amido amine) (PAMAM) dendrons as the capping and stabilising agent. We demonstrate this approach enables synthesis of nanocomposites with aqueous and photophysical stability.


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