The present invention provides novel encapsulation compositions and methods.
In particular, the invention relates to fluorescent capsule compositions, which
consists of a layer of a polymer shell enclosing one or more fluorescent materials
such as fluorescent microspheres and which are capable of emitting at least two
distinct fluorescent signals. Also provided are methods for their preparation.
The compositions and methods of this invention are useful in a variety of applications,
including preparation of multiplexed arrays for industrial, chemical, immunological,
and genetic manipulation and analysis especially as related but not limited to
flow cytometry.
