Issue 84, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Pluronic polymer capped biocompatible mesoporous silica nanocarriers†

Adem Yildirim,*ab   Gokcen Birlik Demirel,bc   Rengin Erdem,ab   Berna Senturk,ab   Turgay Tekinayab  and  Mehmet Bayindir*abd  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
E-mail: ademy@bilkent.edu.tr

b UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey

c Department of Chemistry, Gazi University, Polatlı, 06900 Ankara, Turkey

d Department of Physics, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
E-mail: bayindir@nano.org.tr

Abstract

A facile self-assembly method is described to prepare PEGylated silica nanocarriers using hydrophobic mesoporous silica nanoparticles and a pluronic F127 polymer. Pluronic capped nanocarriers revealed excellent dispersibility in biological media with cyto- and blood compatibilities.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC45967E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Aug 2013
Accepted
20 Aug 2013
First published
21 Aug 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 9782-9784

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Pluronic polymer capped biocompatible mesoporous silica nanocarriers

A. Yildirim, G. B. Demirel, R. Erdem, B. Senturk, T. Tekinay and M. Bayindir, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 9782 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC45967E

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