Biocompatible Polymer Nanoparticles for Intra-cellular Applications

Emma M. V. Johansson; Mark Bradley

doi:10.2533/chimia.2012.237

Biocompatible Polymer Nanoparticles for Intra-cellular Applications

Authors

Emma M. V. Johansson SCS-DSM Award for best poster presentation, School of Chemistry University of Edinburgh The King's Buildings West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, UK. emma.johansson@ed.ac.uk
Mark Bradley School of Chemistry University of Edinburgh The King's Buildings West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2012.237

Keywords:

Cellular uptake, Delivery, In vitro catalysis, In vitro sensing, Microspheres

Abstract

Polymeric styrene microspheres have a great potential at the interface of chemistry and biology. The progress of the synthetic development of multifunctional microspheres and their use as delivery agents of different biomolecules into cells is discussed. Their multifunctional properties open a wide range of applications from intracellular real-time sensors, to the use of microspheres as catalysts performing exogenous chemistry within cells.