Magnetic field activated drug delivery using thermodegradable azo-functionalised PEG-coated core-shell mesoporous silica nanoparticles.
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SUBMITTER: Saint-Cricq P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4560200 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
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Magnetic field activated drug delivery using thermodegradable azo-functionalised PEG-coated core-shell mesoporous silica nanoparticles.
Saint-Cricq P P Deshayes S S Zink J I JI Kasko A M AM
Nanoscale 20150716 31
Core-shell Fe3O4@SiO2 mesoporous silica nanoparticles coated with a new thermodegradable polymer allowed the release of a model drug through heating caused by a high frequency oscillating magnetic field. The thermodegradable polymer was made of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) functionalised with azo bonds that break with an elevation of temperature. ...[more]
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