Hydrophobicity-responsive engineered mesoporous silica nanoparticles: application in the delivery of essential nutrients to bacteria combating oil spills

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (52) ◽  
pp. 7478-7481
Author(s):  
Nora Corvini ◽  
Mohamed El Idrissi ◽  
Eleni Dimitriadou ◽  
Philippe F.-X. Corvini ◽  
Patrick Shahgaldian

Gated mesoporous particles, capable of hydrophobicity-triggered release, successfully deliver nutrients to an oil phase and assist bacterial degradation of hydrocarbons.

Lab on a Chip ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 1066-1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Jia ◽  
Erica Rosella ◽  
Estelle Juère ◽  
Roxane Pouliot ◽  
Freddy Kleitz ◽  
...  

Physically crosslinked layered microscale biomembranes from pure chitosan are demonstrated for pH-triggered release functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles. The work opens the door to synthesis of complex nano-enhanced micro membranes.


2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (45) ◽  
pp. 5647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenio Bringas ◽  
Özcan Köysüren ◽  
Dat V. Quach ◽  
Morteza Mahmoudi ◽  
Elena Aznar ◽  
...  

Small ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (27) ◽  
pp. 3690-3702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bai-Yu Lee ◽  
Zilu Li ◽  
Daniel L. Clemens ◽  
Barbara Jane Dillon ◽  
Angela A. Hwang ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (57) ◽  
pp. 6391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Aznar ◽  
Reynaldo Villalonga ◽  
Cristina Giménez ◽  
Félix Sancenón ◽  
M. Dolores Marcos ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (36) ◽  
pp. 28836-28839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxi Huang ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Anandarup Goswami ◽  
Feixiang Luo ◽  
Tewodros Asefa

Model drug-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) that are responsive to the pH rather than the redox changes related to glutathione (GSH) are prepared using surfactant-free MSNs as a precursor.


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