. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 26.

Published in final edited form as: Small. 2016 Feb 22;12(15):1968–1992. doi: 10.1002/smll.201503396

Table 2.

Examples of dye loaded NPs prepared from preformed polymers

Polymer	Solvent	Homogenization	Dye (wt%)	Size (nm)	Ref.
		Emulsification solvent evaporation
PLGA, PLGA-PEG^a	CH₂Cl₂	sonication	AIE1 (10%)	180-210	[49]
Eudragit E^b	CH₂Cl₂	sonication	NDA, Nile red (2.5%)	190-210	[50b]

		Nanoprecipitation
PLGA	acetonitrile	stirring	Rhodamine B (5%)	40	[22c, 23]
PLGA-PEG	DMSO	-	DiD, DiR (2%)	50-80	[57]
P(MMA-co-MAS) (98.5:1.5)	acetonitrile	stirring	Rhodamine B (5%)	15	[54b]
DSPE-PEG	THF	sonication	Different AIE (30%)	30-80	[59a, 69]
C18PMH	THF	sonication	Squaraine (0.5%)	16	[70]

		Self-assembly
PMAA-b-PS, PEG-b-PCL, PEG-b-PS	THF	stirring	AIE5 (20%)	63-85	[62b]
PEG-b-PVBA	DMF	Stirring	Fluorescein, Cy7, HL800	25	[62a]
HPMA, MATMA, TFMA copolymer	DMSO	Stirring	AIE dye (4-40%)	7-25	[64a]

PVA (0.25, 2.5 %w/v)

PVA (0.3-3 %w/v); NDA: naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde; MAS: methacrylate ethylsulfonate; HPMA: N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide; MATMA: [2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium chloride; TFMA: 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate; PVBA: poly(4-vinyl benzaldehyde).