scholarly journals Injectable, self-healing mesoporous silica nanocomposite hydrogels with improved mechanical properties

Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Zengin ◽  
J. P. O. Castro ◽  
P. Habibovic ◽  
S. H. van Rijt

Nanocomposites created by dynamic crosslinking of mesoporous silica nanoparticles to PEG hydrogels represents a promising strategy to confer mechanical strength and rapid self-healing capabilities to hydrogels.

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (38) ◽  
pp. 5789-5796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Hu ◽  
Xiaowen Bai ◽  
Yaping Wang ◽  
Zhentao Lei ◽  
Haipeng Luo ◽  
...  

A near-infrared (NIR)-responsive drug delivery system was established by grafting UCST polymers on the surfaces of hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles (HMSNs) using the photothermal agent indocyanine green (ICG), which provided a new and promising strategy for drug delivery.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1756-1768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Wang ◽  
LingHua Tan ◽  
ChenDi Ding ◽  
MingDong Wang ◽  
JianHua Xu ◽  
...  

Redox-triggered smart nanocontainers, RTSNs 1, assembled by installing supramolecular switches onto the exterior surface of mesoporous silica nanoparticles, were successfully synthesized.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (20) ◽  
pp. 16461-16466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duihai Tang ◽  
Wenting Zhang ◽  
Zhenan Qiao ◽  
Yunling Liu ◽  
Qisheng Huo

A luminescent polymer/silica nanocomposite was synthesized through in situ polymerization. These silica nanoparticles can act as both the catalyst support and the inorganic core of a luminescent nanocomposite.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (23) ◽  
pp. 6754-6763
Author(s):  
Zhiming Zhang ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
Chenlu Huang ◽  
Qing Guo ◽  
Yueyue Zuo ◽  
...  

Chemophotothermal combination therapy has emerged as a novel and promising strategy to treat cancer.


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