Publication
Title
Modified chitosan coated mesoporous strontium hydroxyapatite nanorods as drug carriers
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Abstract
Mesoporous strontium hydroxyapatite (SrHAp) nanorods (NRs) have been successfully synthesized using a simple and efficient chemical route, i.e. the hydrothermal method. Structural and morphological characterization of the as-synthesized SrHAp NRs have been performed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM). TEM and HAADF-STEM measurements of the NRs reveal the coexistence of longer and shorter particles with the length ranging from 50 nm to 400 nm and a diameter of about 20-40 nm. Electron tomography measurements of the NRs allow us to better visualize the mesopores and their facets. Two model drugs, hydrophobic risperidone and hydrophilic pramipexole, were loaded into the SrHAp NRs. These nanorods were coated using a modified chitosan (CS) with poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA), in order to encapsulate the drug-loaded SrHAp nanoparticles and reduce the cytotoxicity of the loaded materials. The drug release from neat and encapsulated SrHAp NRs mainly depends on the drug hydrophilicity. Importantly, although neat SrHAp nanorods exhibit some cytotoxicity against Caco-2 cells, the Cs-g-PHEMA-SrHAp drug-loaded nanorods show an acceptable cytocompatibility.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of materials chemistry B : materials for biology and medicine / Royal Society of Chemistry [London] - Cambridge, 2013, currens
Publication
Cambridge : 2015
ISSN
2050-750X [print]
2050-7518 [online]
DOI
10.1039/C5TB00827A
Volume/pages
3 :29 (2015) , p. 5991-6000
ISI
000358065100009
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
European Soft Matter Infrastructure (ESMI).
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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