Issue 4, 2014

Au–PLA nanocomposites for photothermally controlled drug delivery

Abstract

Stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems were obtained by encapsulating near-infrared (NIR) sensitive hollow gold nanoshells (HGNs) together with the molecule to be released into biodegradable poly-lactic acid (PLA) sub-micron particles. The rapid heating of the PLA particles caused by NIR radiation enabled use of the PLA–HGN composites as a photo-triggered drug release system. Rhodamine was used as a test molecule to obtain release profiles under different irradiation conditions. HGNs (32 nm diameter, 4.5 nm shell thickness) were synthesized via galvanic replacement of cobalt nanoparticles, using poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) as a stabilizer. PLA–HGN sub-micron particles (with mean diameters around 200 nm) encapsulating rhodamine were obtained using the supercritical emulsion extraction (SEE) technique. A good gold dispersion and a loading efficiency around 50% in the polymeric matrix were obtained for different HGN loadings. The release rate could be tuned by controlling the intensity of NIR exposition. Rhodamine release was completed in less than 10 hours when applying intense NIR irradiation for a few minutes, whereas 12 days of release was necessary in its absence. The system also allowed rhodamine release in a pulsed pattern.

Graphical abstract: Au–PLA nanocomposites for photothermally controlled drug delivery

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Aug 2013
Accepted
15 Nov 2013
First published
15 Nov 2013

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2014,2, 409-417

Au–PLA nanocomposites for photothermally controlled drug delivery

R. Campardelli, G. Della Porta, L. Gomez, S. Irusta, E. Reverchon and J. Santamaria, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2014, 2, 409 DOI: 10.1039/C3TB21099E

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