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Magnetically-responsive silica-gold nanobowls for targeted delivery and SERS-based sensing.

ABSTRACT: Composite colloidal structures with multi-functional properties have wide applications in targeted delivery of therapeutics and imaging contrast molecules and high-throughput molecular bio-sensing. We have constructed a multifunctional composite magnetic nanobowl using the bottom-up approach on an asymmetric silica/polystyrene Janus template consisting of a silica shell around a partially exposed polystyrene core. The nanobowl consists of a silica bowl and a gold exterior shell with iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles sandwiched between the silica and gold shells. The nanobowls were characterized by electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, magnetometry, vis-NIR and FTIR spectroscopy. Magnetically vectored transport of these nanobowls was ascertained by time-lapsed imaging of their flow in fluid through a porous hydrogel under a defined magnetic field. These magnetically-responsive nanobowls show distinct surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) imaging capability. The PEGylated magnetically-responsive nanobowls show size-dependent cellular uptake in vitro.

SUBMITTER: Mo AH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6295298 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Magnetically-responsive silica-gold nanobowls for targeted delivery and SERS-based sensing.

Mo Alexander H AH Landon Preston B PB Gomez Karla Santacruz KS Kang Heemin H Lee Joon J Zhang Chen C Janetanakit Woraphong W Sant Vrinda V Lu Tianyu T Colburn David A DA Akkiraju Siddhartha S Dossou Samuel S Cao Yue Y Lee Kuo-Fen KF Varghese Shyni S Glinsky Gennadi G Lal Ratnesh R

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Composite colloidal structures with multi-functional properties have wide applications in targeted delivery of therapeutics and imaging contrast molecules and high-throughput molecular bio-sensing. We have constructed a multifunctional composite magnetic nanobowl using the bottom-up approach on an asymmetric silica/polystyrene Janus template consisting of a silica shell around a partially exposed polystyrene core. The nanobowl consists of a silica bowl and a gold exterior shell with iron oxide m ...[more]

PMID: 27228391

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Magnetically-responsive silica-gold nanobowls for targeted delivery and SERS-based sensing.

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Magnetically-responsive silica-gold nanobowls for targeted delivery and SERS-based sensing.

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