A considerable interest in cancer research is represented by the development of magnetic nanoparticles based on biofunctionalized polymers for controlled-release systems of hydrophobic chemotherapeutic drugs targeted only to the tumor sites, without affecting normal cells. The objective of the paper is to present the synthesis and in vitro evaluation of the nanocomposites that include a magnetic core able to direct the systems to the target, a polymeric surface shell that provides stabilization and multi-functionality, a chemotherapeutic agent, Paclitaxel (PTX), and a biotin tumor recognition layer. To our best knowledge, there are no studies concerning development of magnetic nanoparticles obtained by partial oxidation, based on biotinylated N-palmitoyl chitosan loaded with PTX. The structure, external morphology, size distribution, colloidal and magnetic properties analyses confirmed the formation of well-defined crystalline magnetite conjugates, with broad distribution, relatively high saturation magnetization and irregular shape. Even if the ability of the nanoparticles to release the drug in 72 h was demonstrated, further complex in vitro and in vivo studies will be performed in order to validate the magnetic nanoparticles as PTX delivery system. 相似文献
Gemcitabine is widely used against a variety of solid tumors; however, it possesses some important drawbacks such as rapid deamination leading to short biological half-life and induction of tumor resistance. We have shown previously that the covalent coupling of squalene (a precursor of cholesterol in sterol biosynthesis) to gemcitabine resulted in a potent nanomedicine, squalenoyl gemcitabine (SQdFdC), which displayed appreciable anticancer activity. Now, the present study describes the concept of magnetic responsiveness of SQdFdC nanoparticles obtained by the nanoprecipitation of SQdFdC around magnetite nanoparticles. To investigate these new core/shell nanoparticles, we have compared their structure, chemical composition and surface properties with those of either the magnetic core alone or of the SQdFdC coating material. X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy studies have shown that the composite core/shell particles displayed an intermediate behavior between that of pure magnetite and of pure SQdFdC nanoparticles, whereas dark-field, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy allowed clear demonstration of the core/shell structure. Electrophoresis measurements as a function of both pH and ionic strength, as well as thermodynamic consideration, showed similar behavior of core/shell and pure SQdFdC nanoparticles, suggesting again the coating of the magnetite core by the SQdFdC prodrug. The two important parameters to be controlled in the efficient adsorption of SQdFdC onto magnetite nanocores were the magnetite/SQdFdC weight ratio and the pluronic F-68 concentration. Pluronic F-68 was found to play a key role as a surfactant in the generation of stable composite core/shell nanoparticle suspensions. Finally, the characterization of the magnetic properties of these core/shell nanoparticles revealed that if the squalenoyl shell reduced the magnetic responsiveness of the particles, it kept unchanged their soft ferrimagnetic character. Thus, the heterogeneous structure of these nanoparticles could confer them both magnetic field responsiveness and potential applicability as a drug carrier for active targeting to solid tumors. 相似文献
Core/shell nanoparticles with movable silver (Ag) core and polystyrene (PSt) shell (Ag@PSt nanoparticle) were successfully synthesized at room temperature and under ambient pressure via two steps: γ-irradiation and interfacial-initiated polymerization. Firstly, mono-dispersed Ag nanoparticles with diameters 20 nm were synthesized in inversed microemulsion by reducing silver nitrate under γ-irradiation. Then, Ag nanoparticles were coated with PSt via interfacial-initiated polymerization with cumene hydroperoxide/ferrous sulfate/disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate/sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate (CHPO-Fe2+-EDTA-SFS) as the redox initiation pair. The resulted Ag@PSt nanoparticles were identified by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). 相似文献
A new two-step synthesis of Fe3O4@Au core–shell nanoparticles stabilized in polyethylene glycol is described. The nanoparticles were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, UV and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Fe3O4@Au nanoparticles featured both optical properties (they featured a plasmon resonance band) and magnetic properties (they responded to an external magnetic field), typical of individual gold and magnetite nanoparticles, respectively. 相似文献
Plasmonic Au and magnetic Fe are coupled into uniform Au@Fe core–shell nanoparticles (NPs) to confirm that electron transfer occurred from the Au core to the Fe shell. Au NPs synthesized in aqueous medium are used as seeds and coated with an Fe shell. The resulting Au@Fe NPs are characterized by using various analytical techniques. X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy and superconducting quantum interference device measurements reveal that the Fe shell of the Au@Fe NPs mainly consists of paramagnetic Wüstite with a thin surface oxide layer consisting of maghemite or magnetite. Electron transfer from the Au core to the Fe shell effectively suppresses iron oxidation from Fe2+ to Fe3+ near the interface between the Au and the Fe. The charge‐transfer‐induced electronic modification technique enables us to control the degree of iron oxidation and the resulting magnetic properties. 相似文献
The specifics of the synthesis of silver halide nanocrystals of mixed composition and the core-shell structures in reversed micelles were experimentally studied. It was shown that homogeneous AgBrxI1 ? x nanocrystals of ~5 nm in size with the iodide concentration up to 70%, as well as the core-shell structures AgI/AgBr and AgBr/AgI, can be synthesized by the micellar synthesis. It was found that the relation of the crystalline structures of the core and shell materials plays an important role in the shell formation. The shell of γ-AgI alone is formed on the AgBr nanocrystals with a close lattice type, whereas β-AgI with the hexagonal lattice forms an individual phase of nanoparticles, rather than the shell. 相似文献
Dual functions of magnetic and fluorescent properties were created in composite particles that incorporated magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles in particle cores of silica and fluorescent pyrene in particle shells of polystyrene. The Fe3O4 nanoparticles were prepared with a conventional homogeneous precipitation method and surface modified with a coupling agent of carboxyethylsilanetriol. The silica particles incorporating Fe3O4 nanoparticles were synthesized with a modified Stöber method in which the Fe3O4 nanoparticles were added to a system of tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS)/ammonia/water/ethanol. Then, the magnetite/silica composite particles were coated with the pyrene/polystyrene shell in a soap-free emulsion polymerization, which was conducted in the presence of pyrene in a mixed solvent of water/ethanol. The composite particles prepared in the mixed solvent had both magnetic and fluorescent properties. The fluorescent spectrum of the particles with Fe3O4 was very similar to that without Fe3O4, indicating that the magnetic component within the core particles scarcely interfered with the fluorescent emission from the polymer shell. 相似文献
In this work, we describe an experimental investigation on the colloidal stability of suspensions of three kinds of particles, including magnetite, poly(lactic acid) (PLA), and composite core/shell colloids formed by a magnetite core surrounded by a PLA shell. The experiments were performed with dilute suspensions, so that recording the optical absorbance with time gives a suitable indication of the aggregation and sedimentation of the suspensions. The method allowed us to distinguish very accurately between the different surface and magnetic forces responsible for the structures acquired by particle aggregates. Thus, the pure PLA suspensions are very sensitive to ionic strength and almost unaffected by pH changes. On the contrary, the stability of magnetite systems is mainly controlled by pH. The effect of vertical magnetic fields on the stability of magnetite and magnetite/PLA suspensions is also investigated. The PLA shell reduces the magnetic responsiveness of magnetite, but it is demonstrated that the mixed particles can also form structures induced by the field, despite their lower magnetization, and they can be considered in magnetically targeted biomedical applications. 相似文献
An atom transfer radical polymerization route is developed for the coating of MnFe2O4 nanoparticles with polystyrene yielding the core-shell nanoparticles with size <15 nm. Magnetic studies show a decrease in coercivity after the formation of polystyrene shell, which is considered due to the reduction of magnetic surface anisotropy upon polymer coating. The MnFe2O4 nanoparticles as the magnetic core were separately prepared by a reverse micelle microemulsion method. Polymerization initiators are chemically attached onto the surface of nanoparticles. The modified nanoparticles are then used as macro-initiators in the subsequent polymerization reaction. This approach provides great flexibility in the selection of magnetic core. Consequently, magnetic tunability is able to be introduced into these core/shell nanoparticulate systems to achieve the desired superparamagnetic response. 相似文献
In this study, a specific technique was used to quickly, easily, and single step, synthesize core-shell magnetite-silica nanoparticles by controlling the reaction conditions using the proper surfactant. In the first step, the magnetite nanoparticles were prepared by co-precipitation method and silica shell was immediately formed by the sol-gel process. Synthesis was performed at 80?°C with stirring at 12,000?rpm in an alkaline medium. The structural and morphological characteristics of core-shell nanoparticles were examined by XRD, TEM, SEM, and BET analyses. In addition, vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) was used to evaluate the magnetic characteristics. XRD analysis confirmed the existence of both magnetite and silica phases in the final structure. TEM images showed the presence of nanocomposite particles with core-shell structure of 25?nm diameter. The mean core and shell size were estimated to be about 20 and 2.5?nm, respectively. A study of the magnetic characteristics showed super-paramagnetic behavior with 60?emu/g saturation magnetization (Ms). Due to the high ratio of core size to shell thickness, the magnetic saturation for the synthetized core-shell nanoparticles in this research was significant. In comparison to other multi-step synthesis techniques, the results obtained from this research confirmed the formation of magnetite-silica core-shell structures with the desired magnetic behavior in a quick and single-step process.
In this work, two kinds of ZnO/Cu2S core/shell nanorods (NRs) have been successfully synthesized from ZnO NRs for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting by a versatile hydrothermal chemical conversion method (H-ZnO/Cu2S core/shell NRs) and successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction method (S-ZnO/Cu2S core/shell NRs), respectively. The photoelectrode is composed of a core/shell structure where the core portion is ZnO NRs and the shell portion is Cu2S nanoparticles sequentially located on the surface. The ZnO NRs array provides a fast electron transport pathway due to its high electron mobility properties. The optical property of both two kinds of core/shell NRs was characterized, and enhanced absorption spectrum was discovered. Our PEC system produced very high photocurrent density and photoconversion efficiency under 1.5 AM irradiation for hydrogen generation. On the basis of a versatile chemical conversion process based on the ion-by-ion growth mechanism, H-ZnO/Cu2S core/shell NRs exhibit a much higher photocatalytic activity than S-ZnO/Cu2S core/shell NRs. The photocurrent density and photoconversion efficiency of H-ZnO/Cu2S core/shell NRs are up to 20.12 mA cm?2 at 0.85 V versus SCE and 12.81 % at 0.40 V versus SCE, respectively. 相似文献
We report the controlled synthesis of exchange‐coupled face‐centered tetragonal (fct) FePd/α‐Fe nanocomposite magnets with variable Fe concentration. The composite was converted from Pd/Fe3O4 core/shell nanoparticles through a high‐temperature annealing process in a reducing atmosphere. The shell thickness of core/shell Pd/Fe3O4 nanoparticles could be readily tuned, and subsequently the concentration of Fe in nanocomposite magnets was controlled. Upon annealing reduction, the hard magnetic fct‐FePd phase was formed by the interdiffusion between reduced α‐Fe and face‐centered cubic (fcc) Pd, whereas the excessive α‐Fe remained around the fct‐FePd grains, realizing exchange coupling between the soft magnetic α‐Fe and hard magnetic fct‐FePd phases. Magnetic measurements showed variation in the magnetic properties of the nanocomposite magnets with different compositions, indicating distinct exchange coupling at the interfaces. The coercivity of the exchange‐coupled nanocomposites could be tuned from 0.7 to 2.8 kOe and the saturation magnetization could be controlled from 93 to 160 emu g?1. This work provides a bottom‐up approach using exchange‐coupled nanocomposites for engineering advanced permanent magnets with controllable magnetic properties. 相似文献
A novel magnetic hybrid system containing nano‐magnetic Fe2O3 hollow spheres, silica shell, [pmim]Cl ionic liquid and silver nanoparticles was synthesized and characterized. The silver nanoparticles were prepared via biosynthesis using Achillea millefolium flower as reducing and stabilizing agent. The hybrid system was successfully used as an efficient and reusable catalyst for promoting green ultrasonic‐assisted A3 and KA2 coupling reactions as well as benzo[b]furan synthesis. It was found that decoration of the magnetic core with non‐magnetic moieties decreased the maximum saturation magnetization. However, the catalyst was still superparamagnetic and could be simply separated from the reaction mixture using an external magnet. The heterogeneous nature of the catalyst was also confirmed by studying its reusability and stability and the leaching of silver. Use of aqueous media, high yields, short reaction times, broad substrate tolerance and low required amount of catalyst are the merits of this protocol. 相似文献
In this study, temperature-responsive magnetite/polymer nanoparticles were developed from iron oxide nanoparticles and poly(ethyleneimine)-modified poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO-PPO-PEO) block copolymer. The particles were characterized by TEM, XRD, DLS, VSM, FTIR, and TGA. A typical product has an approximately 20 nm magnetite core and an approximately 40 nm hydrodynamic diameter with a narrow size distribution and is superparamagnetic with large saturation magnetization (51.34 emu/g) at room temperature. The most attractive feature of the nanoparticles is their temperature-responsive volume-transition property. DLS results indicated that their average hydrodynamic diameter underwent a sharp decrease from 45 to 25 nm while evaluating the temperature from 20 to 35 degrees C. The temperature-dependent evolution of the C-O stretching band in the FTIR spectra of the aqueous nanoparticles solution revealed that thermo-induced self-assembly of the immobilized block copolymers occurred on the magnetite solid surfaces, which is accompanied by a conformational change from a fully extended state to a highly coiled state of the copolymer. Consequently, the copolymer shell could act as a temperature-controlled "gate" for the transit of guest substance. The uptake and release of both hydrophobic and hydrophilic model drugs were well controlled by switching the transient opening and closing of the polymer shell at different temperatures. A sustained release of about 3 days was achieved in simulated human body conditions. In primary mouse experiments, drug-entrapped magnetic nanoparticles showed good biocompatibility and effective therapy for spinal cord damage. Such intelligent magnetic nanoparticles are attractive candidates for widespread biomedical applications, particularly in controlled drug-targeting delivery. 相似文献
We present the results of synthesis and study of the electrocatalytic activity of gold and silver nanoparticles of different composition (individual metals, core–shell particles, nanoalloys, and particles synthesized electrochemically), immobilized on the surface of a glassy carbon electrode, with respect to cholesterol. A surfactant (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide) is selected to create an aqueous–organic emulsion of cholesterol. It is demonstrated that nanoparticles with a gold core and a silver shell with the regression equation of I = 1.4 × 10–5cchol + 5.8 × 10–5 (R2 = 0.97) and silver nanoparticles synthesized electrochemically with the regression equation of I = 1.0 × 10–5cchol + 3.0 × 10–4 (R2 = 0.95) possess optimal electrocatalytic characteristics. 相似文献
Core/shell bimetallic nanoparticles are highly popular in electrocatalysis; it is argued that the core metal enhances the catalytic properties of the shell. We have investigated the electrocatalytic properties of Au/Ag core‐shell nanorods (Au/Ag NRs) where Ag shell was thinned by aging in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. We observed excellent electrocatalysis toward hydrogen peroxide electroreduction upon decreasing the Ag shell thickness, which would, at first, appear to imply a strong synergistic effect of the Au core with the Ag shell for electrocatalysis. We show, however, that this electrocatalysis is not caused by particular Au/Ag core/shell structures but rather by the presence of residual silver impurities in the form of Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs) formed during the preparation of the thin‐layer silver shell/gold core nanorods. 相似文献
It has been shown that, in the presence of 6.3-nm silver nanoparticles, platinum is reduced in a K2PtCl4-containing aqueous solution after it is saturated with hydrogen. The process yields bimetallic AgcorePtshell “core/shell” nanoparticles. Nanoparticles have been synthesized with different silver-to-platinum molar ratios from 9: 1 to 1: 9. Optical spectroscopy, electron microscopy, and electron diffraction data have confirmed the formation of the core/shell nanoparticles. Bimetallic AgcorePtshell nanoparticles exhibit the ability to catalyze the reduction of methyl viologen with hydrogen in an alkaline aqueous solution, which is typical of platinum nanoparticles. The existence of a “critical” thickness of the platinum shell below which the catalytic reduction of methyl viologen does not take place has been established. The critical thickness is about 1 nm, which corresponds to approximately two atomic platinum layers on a silver core. 相似文献