Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 6, Issue 22, Pages 19544-19551Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am505649q
Keywords
supramolecular hybrid hydrogel; host-guest inclusion; gold nanoparticles; rug delivery
Funding
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [21105106, 21375136]
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In this work, we developed a simple, novel method for constructing gold nanocomposite supramolecular hybrid hydrogels for drug delivery, in which gold nanocrystals were utilized as building blocks. First, methoxypoly(ethylene glycol) thiol (mPEG-SH, molecular weight (MW) = 5 K) capped gold nanocrystals (nanospheres and nanorods) were prepared via a facile one-step ligand-exchange procedure. Then, the homogeneous supramolecular hybrid hydrogels were formed, after adding alpha-cyclodextrin (alpha-CD) into PEG-modified gold nanocrystal solutions, due to the hostguest inclusion. Both gold nanoparticles and inclusion complexes formed between alpha-CD and PEG chain provided the supra-cross-links, which are beneficial to the gelation formation. The resulting hybrid hydrogels were fully characterized by a combination of techniques including X-ray diffraction, rheology studies, and scanning electron microscopy. Meanwhile, the hybrid hydrogel systems demonstrated unique reversible gelsol transition properties at a certain temperature caused by the temperature-responsive reversible supramolecular assembly. The drug delivery applications of such hybrid hydrogels were further investigated in which doxorubicin was selected as a model drug for in vitro release, cytotoxicity, and intracellular release studies. We believe that the development of such hybrid hydrogels will provide new and therapeutically useful means for medical applications.
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