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In vitro bactericidal and drug release properties of vancomycin-amino surface functionalized bioactive glass nanoparticles
, Article Materials Chemistry and Physics ; Volume 241 , 2020 ; Ghorbani, M ; Bagheri, K.P ; Shokrgozar, M. A ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2020
Abstract
Bioactive glass has been used clinically in bone repair applications for bone grafting because of its prominent physiochemical and osteogenic properties. Various attempts have been made to enhance bioactive glass efficiency in combination with other biomaterials such as antibiotics and growth factors. In present study, we developed a modification of bioactive glass nanoparticles that insured long term antibacterial effect. Bioactive glass nanoparticles (BGNs) were functionalized with (3-Aminopropyl) triethoxysilane (APTS), then vancomycin (VAN) was immobilized onto BGNs-APTS via EDC/NHS cross-linking process. Another study group namely BGNs-VAN was synthesized as a control group without any...
Facile and tunable method for polymeric surface modification of magnetic nanoparticles via RAFT polymerization: Preparation, characterization, and drug release properties
, Article European Polymer Journal ; Volume 167 , 2022 ; 00143057 (ISSN) ; Pourjavadi, A ; Keshavarzi, N ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2022
Abstract
Herein, the facile and tunable technique for the preparation of novel multi-stimuli-responsive nanocomposites via RAFT polymerization for DOX delivery is reported. The influence of the molecular weight of pH- and thermo-sensitive poly (acrylic acid-co-NIPAM) (PNAx), as a macro-RAFT agent, on the nanocomposites size and drug release rate was investigated. The outcome of this study reveals that macro-RAFT agent with lower molecular weight can be attached to the surface of magnetic nanoparticles with higher content of polymeric layer than can macro-RAFT agent with higher molecular weight. Also, it was observed that the particle size, polymer grafting density, DOX loading capacity, and DOX...