Ultrastable and Versatile Layer‐by‐Layer Coating Based on Kinetically Trapped Host–Guest Complexation for Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 2000075
Author(s):  
Libai Li ◽  
Shang Lan ◽  
Da Ma
Keyword(s):  
Mesoporous Silica ◽  
Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Layer Coating

scholarly journals Cylindrical Microparticles Composed of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for the Targeted Delivery of a Small Molecule and a Macromolecular Drug to the Lungs: Exemplified with Curcumin and siRNA

Pharmaceutics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 844
Author(s):  
Thorben Fischer ◽  
Inga Winter ◽  
Robert Drumm ◽  
Marc Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Mesoporous Silica ◽  
Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Targeted Delivery ◽  
Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Alveolar Epithelial Cells ◽  
In Vitro Toxicity ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Aerodynamic Properties ◽  
Tnf Α

The transport of macromolecular drugs such as oligonucleotides into the lungs has become increasingly relevant in recent years due to their high potency. However, the chemical structure of this group of drugs poses a hurdle to their delivery, caused by the negative charge, membrane impermeability and instability. For example, siRNA to reduce tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) secretion to reduce inflammatory signals has been successfully delivered by inhalation. In order to increase the effect of the treatment, a co-transport of another anti-inflammatory ingredient was applied. Combining curcumin-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles in nanostructured cylindrical microparticles stabilized by the layer-by-layer technique using polyanionic siRNA against TNF-α was used for demonstration. This system showed aerodynamic properties suited for lung deposition (mass median aerodynamic diameter of 2.85 ± 0.44 µm). Furthermore, these inhalable carriers showed no acute in vitro toxicity tested in both alveolar epithelial cells and macrophages up to 48 h incubation. Ultimately, TNF-α release was significantly reduced by the particles, showing an improved activity co-delivering both drugs using such a drug-delivery system for specific inhibition of TNF-α in the lungs.

scholarly journals Versatile Layer-By-Layer Highly Stable Multilayer Films: Study of the Loading and Release of FITC-Labeled Short Peptide in the Drug Delivery Field

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Nie ◽  
Xiang Yu ◽  
Navnita Kumar ◽  
Yihe Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Mesoporous Silica ◽  
Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Multilayer Films ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Guest Molecules ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Release Speed

A viable short FITC-peptide immobilization is the most essential step in the fabrication of multilayer films based on FITC-peptide. These functional multilayer films have potential applications in drug delivery, medical therapy, and so forth. These FITC-peptides films needed to be handled with a lot of care and precision due to their sensitive nature. In this study, a general immobilization method is reported for the purpose of stabilizing various kinds of peptides at the interfacial regions. Utilizing Mesoporous silica nanoparticles can help in the preservation of these FITC-peptides by embedding themselves into these covalently cross-linked multilayers. This basic outlook of the multilayer films is potent enough and could be reused as a positive substrate. The spatio-temporal retention property of peptides can be modulated by varying the number of capping layers. The release speed of guest molecules such as tyrosine within FITC-peptide or/and adamantane (Ad)-in short peptides could also be fine-tuned by the specific arrangements of the multilayers of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) and hyaluronic acid- cyclodextrin (HA-CD) multilayer films.

scholarly journals Surface Functionalization Utilizing Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced Evanescent-Field Mid-Infrared Waveguide Gas Sensing

Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Diana Al Husseini ◽  
Yashaswini Karanth ◽  
Junchao Zhou ◽  
Daniel Willhelm ◽  
Xiaofeng Qian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mesoporous Silica ◽  
Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Evanescent Field ◽  
Detection Sensitivity ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Mid Infrared ◽  
Sensitivity And Selectivity

This work focuses on the development of nanoparticle-based layer-by-layer (LbL) coatings for enhancing the detection sensitivity and selectivity of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using on-chip mid-infrared (MIR) waveguides (WGs). First, we demonstrate construction of conformal coatings of polymer/mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) on the surface of Si-based WGs using the LbL technique and evaluate the coating deposition conditions, such as pH and substrate withdrawal speed, on the thickness and homogeneity of the assemblies. We then use the modified WGs to achieve enhanced sensitivity and selectivity of polar organic compounds, such as ethanol, versus non-polar ones, such as methane, in the MIR region. In addition, using density functional theory calculations, we show that such an improvement in sensing performance is achieved due to preferential adsorption of ethanol molecules within MSNs in the vicinity of the WG evanescent field.

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