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MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Volume 57, Issue -, Pages 272-278Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2015.07.040
Keywords
Methotrexatum; Layered double hydroxides; Nonionic surfactants; Bioassay experiment
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21073093]
- Fund of Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials
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Methotrexatum intercalated layered double hydroxides (MTX/LDHs) hybrids were synthesized by the co-precipitation method and three kinds of nonionic surfactants with different hydrocarbon chain lengths were used. The resulting hybrids were then characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). XRD and FTIR investigations manifest the successful intercalation of MIX anions into the interlayer of LDHs. TEM graphs indicate that the morphology of the hybrids changes with the variation of the chain length of the surfactants, i.e., the particles synthesized using polyethylene glycol (PEG-7) present regular disc morphology with good monodispersity, while samples with the mediation of alkyl polyglycoside (APG-14) are heavily aggregated and samples with the addition of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP-10) exhibit irregular branches. Furthermore, the release and bioassay experiments show that monodisperse MTX/LDHs present good controlled-release and are more efficient in the suppression of the tumor cells. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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