Temperature-Sensitive Nanocapsules for Controlled Drug Release Caused by Magnetically Triggered Structural Disruption

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Liu, Ting-Yu
Liu, Kun-Ho
Liu, Dean-Mo
Chen, San-Yuan
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Self-assembled nanocapsules containing a hydrophilic core and a crosslinked yet thermosensitive shell have been successfully prepared using poly(ethylene-oxide)-poly(propylene-oxide)-poly(ethylene-oxide) block copolymers, 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate, gelatin, and 1-ethyl-3-(3- dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide. The core is further rendered magnetic by incorporating iron oxide nanoparticles via internal precipitation to enable externally controlled actuation under magnetic induction. The spherical nanocapsules exhibit a hydrophilic-to-hydrophobic transition at a characteristic but tunable temperature reaching 40ºC, triggering a size contraction and shrinkage of the core. The core content experiences very little leakage at 25ºC, has a half life about 5 h at 45ºC, but bursts out within a few minutes under magnetic heating due to iron oxide coarsening and core/shell disruption. Such burst-like response may be utilized for controlled drug release as illustrated here using a model drug Vitamin B12.

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2008-12-01
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Pre-print version. To be published in Advanced Functional Materials, 2009. Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.200801304
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