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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2018
Applicants:
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Clemson University Research Foundation, Clemson, SC (US);
Inventors:
Daniel T. Chiu, Seattle, WA (US);
Changfeng Wu, Changchun, CN;
Jason McNeill, Clemson, SC (US);
Jiangbo Yu, Bothell, WA (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/58 (2006.01); C09K 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/587 (2013.01); C09K 11/06 (2013.01); G01N 33/582 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides, among other aspects, functionalized chromophoric polymer dots comprising a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic cap, and bioconjugates thereof. Also provided are improved methods for preparing functionalized chromophoric polymer dots. Methods for in vivo imaging and molecular labeling are also disclosed.