Azido‐Substituted BODIPY Dyes for the Production of Fluorescent Carbon Nanotubes |
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| Authors: | Dr Stefano Fedeli Dr Paolo Paoli Prof Alberto Brandi Dr Lorenzo Venturini Dr Giuliano Giambastiani Dr Giulia Tuci Prof Stefano Cicchi |
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| Institution: | 1. Dipartimento di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia?3–13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (Italy);2. Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sperimentali e Cliniche “Mario Serio”, Università di Firenze, Viale Morgagni, 50‐50134 Firenze (Italy);3. Istituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici (ICCOM), Consiglio nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Italy);4. Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan (Russian Federation) |
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| Abstract: | A series of azido‐dyes were synthesized through Knoevenagel reactions of an azido‐BODIPY with aromatic aldehydes. The nature of the substituents allowed the fine tuning of their spectroscopic properties. The dyes were used to decorate oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (ox‐MWCNTs), bearing terminal triple bond groups, by CuAAC reactions, affording fluorescent materials. This decoration allowed the efficient determination of the internalization of the ox‐MWCNT derivatives by different model cancer cells, such as MCF7. |
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| Keywords: | BODIPY carbon nanotubes click reaction fluorescent probes |
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