Post Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:48 pm

2015-Tan et al-Macromolecules

"PMMA Microspheres with Embedded Lanthanide Nanoparticles by Photoinitiated Dispersion Polymerization with a Carboxy-Functional Macro-RAFT Agent"
Jianbo Tan, Guangyao Zhao, Zhaohua Zeng, and Mitchell A. Winnik
Macromolecules, 2015, 48, 3629-3640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00688

-First example of lanthanide-containing beads that can undergo covalent attachment to biomolecules via COOH groups activated by EDC.
-Streptavidin used as example