Journal
JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH
Volume 13, Issue 11, Pages 6157-6167Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0272-8
Keywords
Multifunctional; Iron oxide; Mesoporous silica; PNIPAAm; Core-shell; LCST
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Multifunctional core-shell composite nanoparticles (NPs) have been developed by the combination of three functionalities into one entity, which is composed of a single Fe3O4 NP as the magnetic core, mesoporous silica (mSiO(2)) with cavities as the sandwiched layer, and thermosensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylamide) (P(NIPAAm-co-AAm)) copolymer as the outer shell. The mSiO(2)-coated Fe3O4 NPs (Fe3O4@mSiO(2)) are monodisperse and the particle sizes were varied from 25 to 95 nm by precisely controlling the thickness of mSiO(2)-coating layer. The P(NIPAAm-co-AAm) were then grown onto surface-initiator-modified Fe3O4@mSiO(2) NPs through free radical polymerization. These core-shell composite NPs (designated as Fe3O4@mSiO(2)@P(NIPAAm-co-AAm)) were found to be superparamagnetic with high r (2) relaxivity. To manipulate the phase transition behavior of these thermosensitive polymer-coated NPs for future in vivo applications, the characteristic lower critical solution temperature (LCST) was subtly tuned by adjusting the composition of the monomers to be around the human body temperature (i.e. 37 A degrees C), from ca. 34 to ca. 42 A degrees C. The thermal response of the core-shell composite NPs to the external magnetic field was also demonstrated. Owing to their multiple functionality characteristics, these porous superparamagnetic and thermosensitive NPs may prove valuable for simultaneous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), temperature-controlled drug release, and temperature-programed magnetic targeting and separation applications.
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