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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
May. 26, 2006
Hanadi Sleiman, Montréal, CA;
Bingzhi Chen, Harleysville, PA (US);
Kim Metera, Montréal, CA;
McGill University, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
Block copolymers labelled with molecular recognition units and comprising a hydrophobic block and a luminescent block are presented. A method of detecting biomolecules using such block copolymers is also presented. More specifically, the block copolymers of the present invention have the following Formula (I): wherein 'A' is a hydrophobic block; 'B' is a luminescent block; “C” is a hydrophilic block; “D” is a molecular recognition unit; “n” and “m” are integers ranging from 1 to 75; “x” is either 0 or an integer ranging from 1 to 75; and “Y” is either 0 or 1.