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Vasylyshyn T, Patsula V, Filipová M, Konefal RL, Horák D. Poly(glycerol monomethacrylate)-encapsulated upconverting nanoparticles prepared by miniemulsion polymerization: morphology, chemical stability, antifouling properties and toxicity evaluation. Nanoscale Adv 2023; 5:6979-6989. [PMID: 38059042 PMCID: PMC10697003 DOI: 10.1039/d3na00793f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
Abstract
In this report, upconverting NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ nanoparticles (UCNPs) were synthesized by high-temperature coprecipitation of lanthanide chlorides and encapsulated in poly(glycerol monomethacrylate) (PGMMA). The UCNP surface was first treated with hydrophobic penta(propylene glycol) methacrylate phosphate (SIPO) to improve colloidal stability and enable encapsulation by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer miniemulsion polymerization (RAFT) of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) in water, followed by its hydrolysis. The resulting UCNP-containing PGMMA particles (UCNP@PGMMA), hundreds of nanometers in diameter, were thoroughly characterized by transmission (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), infrared (FTIR) and fluorescence emission spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in terms of particle morphology, size, polydispersity, luminescence, and composition. The morphology, typically raspberry-like, depended on the GMA/UCNP weight ratio. Coating of the UCNPs with hydrophilic PGMMA provided the UCNPs with antifouling properties while enhancing chemical stability and reducing the cytotoxicity of neat UCNPs to a non-toxic level. In addition, it will allow the binding of molecules such as photosensitizers, thus expanding the possibilities for use in various biomedical applications.
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- Taras Vasylyshyn
- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences Heyrovského nám. 2 162 00 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences Heyrovského nám. 2 162 00 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences Heyrovského nám. 2 162 00 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences Heyrovského nám. 2 162 00 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences Heyrovského nám. 2 162 00 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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Ramirez PD, Lee C, Fedderwitz R, Clavijo AR, Barbosa DPP, Julliot M, Vaz-Ramos J, Begin D, Le Calvé S, Zaloszyc A, Choquet P, Soler MAG, Mertz D, Kofinas P, Piao Y, Begin-Colin S. Phosphate Capture Enhancement Using Designed Iron Oxide-Based Nanostructures. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2023; 13:587. [PMID: 36770547 PMCID: PMC9921849 DOI: 10.3390/nano13030587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Phosphates in high concentrations are harmful pollutants for the environment, and new and cheap solutions are currently needed for phosphate removal from polluted liquid media. Iron oxide nanoparticles show a promising capacity for removing phosphates from polluted media and can be easily separated from polluted media under an external magnetic field. However, they have to display a high surface area allowing high removal pollutant capacity while preserving their magnetic properties. In that context, the reproducible synthesis of magnetic iron oxide raspberry-shaped nanostructures (RSNs) by a modified polyol solvothermal method has been optimized, and the conditions to dope the latter with cobalt, zinc, and aluminum to improve the phosphate adsorption have been determined. These RSNs consist of oriented aggregates of iron oxide nanocrystals, providing a very high saturation magnetization and a superparamagnetic behavior that favor colloidal stability. Finally, the adsorption of phosphates as a function of pH, time, and phosphate concentration has been studied. The undoped and especially aluminum-doped RSNs were demonstrated to be very effective phosphate adsorbents, and they can be extracted from the media by applying a magnet.
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- Paula Duenas Ramirez
- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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- Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, 145 Gwanggyo-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-Si 16229, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, 4418 Stadium Dr., College Park, MD 20740, USA
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, 67034 Strasbourg, France
- Institut de Chimie et Procédés pour l’Energie, l’Environnement et la Santé (ICPEES), UMR-7515 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Chimie et Procédés pour l’Energie, l’Environnement et la Santé (ICPEES), UMR-7515 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Chimie et Procédés pour l’Energie, l’Environnement et la Santé (ICPEES), UMR-7515 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Chimie et Procédés pour l’Energie, l’Environnement et la Santé (ICPEES), UMR-7515 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Ingénieur, de l’Informatique et de l’Imagerie (ICube)—CNRS/University of Strasbourg, UMR 7357 Preclinical Imaging Lab, Imaging Dpt, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67098 Strasbourg, France
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- Institute of Physics, University of Brasilia, Brasilia 70910900, Brazil
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, 4418 Stadium Dr., College Park, MD 20740, USA
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- Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, 145 Gwanggyo-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-Si 16229, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
- Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, 145 Gwanggyo-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si 16229, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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- Zhen Xiao
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Bertuit E, Benassai E, Mériguet G, Greneche JM, Baptiste B, Neveu S, Wilhelm C, Abou-Hassan A. Structure-Property-Function Relationships of Iron Oxide Multicore Nanoflowers in Magnetic Hyperthermia and Photothermia. ACS Nano 2022; 16:271-284. [PMID: 34963049 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c06212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
Magnetite and maghemite multicore nanoflowers (NFs) synthesized using the modified polyol-mediated routes are to date among the most effective nanoheaters in magnetic hyperthermia (MHT). Recently, magnetite NFs have also shown high photothermal (PT) performances in the most desired second near-infrared (NIR-II) biological window, making them attractive in the field of nanoparticle-activated thermal therapies. However, what makes magnetic NFs efficient heating agents in both modalities still remains an open question. In this work, we investigate the role of many parameters of the polyol synthesis on the final NFs' size, shape, chemical composition, number of cores, and crystallinity. These nanofeatures are later correlated to the magnetic, optical, and electronic properties of the NFs as well as their collective macroscopic thermal properties in MHT and PT to find relationships between their structure, properties, and function. We evidence the critical role of iron(III) and heating ramps on the elaboration of well-defined NFs with a high number of multicores. While MHT efficiency is found to be proportional to the average number of magnetic cores within the assemblies, the optical responses of the NFs and their collective photothermal properties depend directly on the mean volume of the NFs (as supported by optical cross sections numerical simulations) and strongly on the structural disorder in the NFs, rather than the stoichiometry. The concentration of defects in the nanostructures, evaluated by photoluminescence and Urbach energy (EU), evidence a switch in the optical behavior for a limit value of EU = 0.4 eV where a discontinuous transition from high to poor PT efficiency is also observed.
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- Enzo Bertuit
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, PHysico-chimie des Électrolytes et Nanosystèmes InterfaciauX (PHENIX), F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, PHysico-chimie des Électrolytes et Nanosystèmes InterfaciauX (PHENIX), F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, PHysico-chimie des Électrolytes et Nanosystèmes InterfaciauX (PHENIX), F-75005 Paris, France
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- Université du Maine, UMR CNRS 6283, Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans (IMMM), Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans Cedex 9, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UMR 7590 CNRS - Sorbonne Université - IRD-MNHN, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Case 115, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 5, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, PHysico-chimie des Électrolytes et Nanosystèmes InterfaciauX (PHENIX), F-75005 Paris, France
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- PSL Research University - Sorbonne Université - CNRS, UMR168, Laboratoire PhysicoChimie Curie, Institut Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, PHysico-chimie des Électrolytes et Nanosystèmes InterfaciauX (PHENIX), F-75005 Paris, France
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Kim JM, Cho Y, Koo C, Lee C, Duenas Ramirez P, Ko D, Oh J, Park S, Kofinas P, Begin-colin S, Piao Y. Microwave-assisted preparation of carbon coating layer on raspberry-shaped iron oxide particles for lithium-ion battery anodes. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2021; 895:115520. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Xiao Z, Zhang Q, Guo X, Villanova J, Hu Y, Külaots I, Garcia-Rojas D, Guo W, Colvin VL. Libraries of Uniform Magnetic Multicore Nanoparticles with Tunable Dimensions for Biomedical and Photonic Applications. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:41932-41941. [PMID: 32812740 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c09778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Multicore iron oxide nanoparticles, also known as colloidal nanocrystal clusters, are magnetic materials with diverse applications in biomedicine and photonics. Here, we examine how both of their characteristic dimensional features, the primary particle and sub-micron colloid diameters, influence their magnetic properties and performance in two different applications. The characterization of these basic size-dependent properties is enabled by a synthetic strategy that provides independent control over both the primary nanocrystal and cluster dimensions. Over a wide range of conditions, electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction reveal that the oriented attachment of smaller nanocrystals results in their crystallographic alignment throughout the entire superstructure. We apply a sulfonated polymer with high charge density to prevent cluster aggregation and conjugate molecular dyes to particle surfaces so as to visualize their collection using handheld magnets. These libraries of colloidal clusters, indexed both by primary nanocrystal dimension (dp) and overall cluster diameter (Dc), form magnetic photonic crystals with relatively weak size-dependent properties. In contrast, their performance as MRI T2 contrast agents is highly sensitive to cluster diameter, not primary particle size, and is optimized for materials of 50 nm diameter (r2 = 364 mM-1 s-1). These results exemplify the relevance of dimensional control in developing applications for these versatile materials.
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- Zhen Xiao
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Shared Equipment Authority, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
- Center for Biomedical Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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Zhou Z, Yang L, Gao J, Chen X. Structure-Relaxivity Relationships of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Adv Mater 2019; 31:e1804567. [PMID: 30600553 PMCID: PMC6392011 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201804567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 10/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have been extensively explored as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents. With the increasing complexity in the structure of modern MNPs, the classical Solomon-Bloembergen-Morgan and the outer-sphere quantum mechanical theories established on simplistic models have encountered limitations for defining the emergent phenomena of relaxation enhancement in MRI. Recent progress in probing MRI relaxivity of MNPs based on structural features at the molecular and atomic scales is reviewed, namely, the structure-relaxivity relationships, including size, shape, crystal structure, surface modification, and assembled structure. A special emphasis is placed on bridging the gaps between classical simplistic models and modern MNPs with elegant structural complexity. In the pursuit of novel MRI contrast agents, it is hoped that this review will spur the critical thinking for design and engineering of novel MNPs for MRI applications across a broad spectrum of research fields.
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- Zijian Zhou
- † State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
- ‡ Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- † State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- † State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- ‡ Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Özdamar B, Bouzid A, Ori G, Massobrio C, Boero M. First-Principles Study of Dissociation Processes for the Synthesis of Fe and Co Oxide Nanoparticles. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 14:225-235. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Burak Özdamar
- University of Strasbourg, Institut de
Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), CNRS
UMR 7504, 23 rue du Loess, F-67034 Strasbourg, France
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- University of Strasbourg, Institut de
Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), CNRS
UMR 7504, 23 rue du Loess, F-67034 Strasbourg, France
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- University of Strasbourg, Institut de
Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), CNRS
UMR 7504, 23 rue du Loess, F-67034 Strasbourg, France
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- University of Strasbourg, Institut de
Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), CNRS
UMR 7504, 23 rue du Loess, F-67034 Strasbourg, France
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- University of Strasbourg, Institut de
Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), CNRS
UMR 7504, 23 rue du Loess, F-67034 Strasbourg, France
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