Figure 1.
Schematic of various meso-to-meso ethynyl-bridged tris[porphyrinato]zinc(II)-based (PZn3) fluorophores incorporated within different polymersome environments. A) Illustration of PZn3 dispersion within the vesicle’s hydrophobic bilayer membrane. B) Chemical structures of five PZn3-based fluorophores (PZn3 A–E) differing in ancilliary pendant-group substituents. C) Chemical structures of biocompatible (PEO-b-PEE and PEO-b-PBD) and biodegradable (PEO-b-PCL and PEO-b-PMCL) vesicle-generating diblock copolymers.