Issue 49, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Biodegradable hollow silica nanospheres containing gold nanoparticle arrays†

Domenico Cassano,ab   Diego Rota Martir,a   Giovanni Signore,a   Vincenzo Piazzaa  and  Valerio Voliani*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Center for Nanotechnology Innovation@NEST, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Piazza San Silvestro, Pisa (PI), Italy
E-mail: valerio.voliani@iit.it

b NEST-Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro, Pisa (PI), Italy

Abstract

We introduce biodegradable hollow silica nanocapsules embedding arrays of 3 nm gold nanoparticles. The silica shell degrades in full serum in a few hours, potentially allowing the clearance of the capsules and their contents by the efficient renal pathway, and thereby overcoming accumulation issues typical of metal nanoparticles.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC02771C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Apr 2015
Accepted
08 May 2015
First published
08 May 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 9939-9941

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Biodegradable hollow silica nanospheres containing gold nanoparticle arrays

D. Cassano, D. Rota Martir, G. Signore, V. Piazza and V. Voliani, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 9939 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC02771C

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