Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 12, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano12111940
Keywords
hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles; dendritic mesopores; co-deposition; barium sulfate; enzyme immobilization; bioreactors
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Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFA0209402, 2018YFC1602301]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [22175132]
- Foshan Science and Technology Innovation Project [2017IT100121]
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Mesoporous silica materials with large dendritic mesopores have been successfully prepared by using barium sulfate nanoparticles and in situ-formed 3-aminophenol/formaldehyde resin. The resulting hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles show high enzyme loading capacity and efficient catalytic activity in the degradation reaction of H2O2.
Mesoporous silica materials have attracted great research interest for various applications ranging from (bio)catalysis and sensing to drug delivery. It remains challenging to prepare hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles (HMSN) with large center-radial mesopores that could provide a more efficient transport channel through the cell for guest molecules. Here, we propose a novel strategy for the preparation of HMSN with large dendritic mesopores to achieve higher enzyme loading capacity and more efficient bioreactors. The materials were prepared by combining barium sulfate nanoparticles (BaSO4 NP) as a hard template and the in situ-formed 3-aminophenol/formaldehyde resin as a porogen for directing the dendritic mesopores' formation. HMSNs with different particle sizes, shell thicknesses, and pore structures have been prepared by choosing BaSO4 NP of various sizes and adjusting the amount of tetraethyl orthosilicate added in synthesis. The obtained HMSN-1.1 possesses a high pore volume (1.07 cm(3) g(-1)), a large average pore size (10.9 nm), and dendritic mesopores that penetrated through the shell. The advantages of HMSNs are also demonstrated for enzyme (catalase) immobilization and subsequent use of catalase-loaded HMSNs as bioreactors for catalyzing the H2O2 degradation reaction. The hollow and dendritic mesoporous shell features of HMSNs provide abundant tunnels for molecular transport and more accessible surfaces for molecular adsorption, showing great promise in developing efficient nanoreactors and drug delivery vehicles.
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