Enzymatically degradable hybrid organic–inorganic bridged silsesquioxane nanoparticles for in vitro imaging

by Fatieiev, Y., Croissant, J. G., Julfakyan, K., Deng, L., Anjum, D. H., Gurinov, A., Khashab, N. M.

Year: 2015

Bibliography

Fatieiev, Y.; Croissant, J.; Julfakyan, K.; Deng, L.; Anjum, D.H.; Gurinov, A.; Khashab, N.M. Enzymatically Degradable Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Bridged Silsesquioxane Nanoparticles for In-Vitro Imaging. Nanoscale 2015, 7, 15046-15050

Abstract

We describe biodegradable bridged silsesquioxane (BS) composite nanomaterials with an unusually high organic content (ca. 50%) based on oxamide components mimicking amino acid biocleavable groups. Unlike most bulk BS materials, the design of sub-200 nm nearly monodisperse nanoparticles (NPs) was achieved. These enzymatically degradable BS NPs were further tested as promising imaging nanoprobes.

Keywords

Enzymatically Degradable Bridged Silsesquioxane Imaging