A Hydrophobic Dye‐Encapsulated Nano‐Hybrid as an Efficient Fluorescent Probe for Living Cell Imaging

Water-soluble [email protected] ([email protected]) with extraordinarily enhanced fluorescent performance were fabricated by encapsulating the hydrophobic dye molecules into the core of the hybrid nanospheres based on the self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers followed by shell cross-linking using 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxy-silane. The [email protected] are 50 nm in size, are monodispersed in aqueous solution and have a quantum yield enhanced by 30 times. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as "Supporting Information". Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.