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Sarkar A. Biosensing, Characterization of Biosensors, and Improved Drug Delivery Approaches Using Atomic Force Microscopy: A Review. FRONTIERS IN NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fnano.2021.798928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Since its invention, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has come forth as a powerful member of the “scanning probe microscopy” (SPM) family and an unparallel platform for high-resolution imaging and characterization for inorganic and organic samples, especially biomolecules, biosensors, proteins, DNA, and live cells. AFM characterizes any sample by measuring interaction force between the AFM cantilever tip (the probe) and the sample surface, and it is advantageous over other SPM and electron micron microscopy techniques as it can visualize and characterize samples in liquid, ambient air, and vacuum. Therefore, it permits visualization of three-dimensional surface profiles of biological specimens in the near-physiological environment without sacrificing their native structures and functions and without using laborious sample preparation protocols such as freeze-drying, staining, metal coating, staining, or labeling. Biosensors are devices comprising a biological or biologically extracted material (assimilated in a physicochemical transducer) that are utilized to yield electronic signal proportional to the specific analyte concentration. These devices utilize particular biochemical reactions moderated by isolated tissues, enzymes, organelles, and immune system for detecting chemical compounds via thermal, optical, or electrical signals. Other than performing high-resolution imaging and nanomechanical characterization (e.g., determining Young’s modulus, adhesion, and deformation) of biosensors, AFM cantilever (with a ligand functionalized tip) can be transformed into a biosensor (microcantilever-based biosensors) to probe interactions with a particular receptors of choice on live cells at a single-molecule level (using AFM-based single-molecule force spectroscopy techniques) and determine interaction forces and binding kinetics of ligand receptor interactions. Targeted drug delivery systems or vehicles composed of nanoparticles are crucial in novel therapeutics. These systems leverage the idea of targeted delivery of the drug to the desired locations to reduce side effects. AFM is becoming an extremely useful tool in figuring out the topographical and nanomechanical properties of these nanoparticles and other drug delivery carriers. AFM also helps determine binding probabilities and interaction forces of these drug delivery carriers with the targeted receptors and choose the better agent for drug delivery vehicle by introducing competitive binding. In this review, we summarize contributions made by us and other researchers so far that showcase AFM as biosensors, to characterize other sensors, to improve drug delivery approaches, and to discuss future possibilities.
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Wang X, Zheng X, Liu X, Zeng B, Xu Y, Yuan C, Dai L. K+-Responsive Crown Ether-Based Amphiphilic Copolymer: Synthesis and Application in the Release of Drugs and Au Nanoparticles. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14030406. [PMID: 35160395 PMCID: PMC8840459 DOI: 10.3390/polym14030406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Due to unique chelating and macrocyclic effects, crown ether compounds exhibit wide application prospects. They could be introduced into amphiphilic copolymers to provide new trigger mode for drug delivery. In this work, new amphiphilic random polymers of poly(lipoic acid-methacrylate-co-poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate-co-N-isopropylacrylamide-co-benzo-18-crown-6-methacrylamide (abbrev. PLENB) containing a crown ether ring and disulphide bond were synthesized via RAFT polymerization. Using the solvent evaporation method, the PLENB micelles were formed and then used to load substances, such as doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX) and gold nanoparticles. The results showed that PLENB exhibited a variety of lowest critical solution temperature (LCST) in response to the presence of different ions, such as K+, Na+ and Mg2+. In particular, the addition of 150 mM K+ increased the LCST of PLENB from 31 to 37 °C and induced the release of DOX from the PLENB@DOX assemblies with a release rate of 99.84% within 12 h under 37 °C. However, Na+ and Mg2+ ions could not initiate the same response. Furthermore, K+ ions drove the disassembly of gold aggregates from the PLENB-SH@Au assemblies to achieve the transport of Au NPs, which is helpful to construct a K+-triggered carrier system.
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- Xiao Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; (X.W.); (X.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.X.); (C.Y.)
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; (X.W.); (X.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.X.); (C.Y.)
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; (X.W.); (X.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.X.); (C.Y.)
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; (X.W.); (X.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.X.); (C.Y.)
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials, Xiamen 361005, China
- Correspondence: (B.Z.); (L.D.)
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; (X.W.); (X.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.X.); (C.Y.)
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; (X.W.); (X.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.X.); (C.Y.)
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; (X.W.); (X.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.X.); (C.Y.)
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials, Xiamen 361005, China
- Correspondence: (B.Z.); (L.D.)
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An S, Xu Q, Ni Z, Hu J, Peng C, Zhai L, Guo Y, Liu H. Construction of Covalent Organic Frameworks with Crown Ether Struts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202101163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Shuhao An
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Shanghai 201210 P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials Center for Advanced Materials Research Zhongyuan University of Technology Zhengzhou 45007 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials Center for Advanced Materials Research Zhongyuan University of Technology Zhengzhou 45007 P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Shanghai 201210 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 P. R. China
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An S, Xu Q, Ni Z, Hu J, Peng C, Zhai L, Guo Y, Liu H. Construction of Covalent Organic Frameworks with Crown Ether Struts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:9959-9963. [PMID: 33599380 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202101163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Crown ethers are a class of macrocyclic molecules with unique flexible structures but they are rarely integrated in covalent organic frameworks (COFs). To date, employing flexible organic units such as crown ethers to construct COFs with high crystallinity and surface area are still a challenge. In this work, two new COFs with different flexible crown ethers as backbone rather than side chains are synthesized and further employed for alkali metal ions separation. Both of COFs possess high surface areas, good crystallinity, and excellent chemical stability. Interestingly, these two new COFs with 18-crown-6 or 24-crown-8 units showed remarkable binding ability of K+ or Cs+ owing to the size-fit effect. This work demonstrated that the unique structural features of crown ethers will lead to increase interest in fabricating COFs with crown ethers.
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- Shuhao An
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 45007, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 45007, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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Wang J, Zhu HT, Chen S, Luan C, Xia Y, Shen Y, Li YX, Hua Y, Liang YM. Electrophilic Cyclization and Intermolecular Acetalation of 2-(4-Hydroxybut-1-yn-1-yl)benzaldehydes: Synthesis of Diiodinated Diepoxydibenzo[c,k][1,9]dioxacyclohexadecines. J Org Chem 2017; 82:10641-10649. [PMID: 28862460 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b01646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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An expedient strategy for the preparation of diiodinated diepoxydibenzo[c,k][1,9]dioxacyclohexadecines from readily available 2-(4-hydroxybut-1-yn-1-yl)benzaldehydes through electrophile-triggered tandem cyclization/intermolecular acetalation sequence has been presented. The electrophilic macrocyclization can be performed under mild conditions and in up to gram quantities. Moreover, palladium-catalyzed coupling and reduction reactions of the resulting iodides could efficiently afford oxa-macrocycles.
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- Jia Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Shannxi Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences , Baoji 721013, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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Bhakhoa H, Rhyman L, Lee EPF, Ramasami P, Dyke JM. Can Cyclen Bind Alkali Metal Azides? A DFT Study as a Precursor to Synthesis. Chemistry 2016; 22:4469-82. [PMID: 26880648 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Can cyclen (1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane) bind alkali metal azides? This question is addressed by studying the geometric and electronic structures of the alkali metal azide-cyclen [M(cyclen)N3] complexes using density functional theory (DFT). The effects of adding a second cyclen ring to form the sandwich alkali metal azide-cyclen [M(cyclen)2N3] complexes are also investigated. N3(-) is found to bind to a M(+) (cyclen) template to give both end-on and side-on structures. In the end-on structures, the terminal nitrogen atom of the azide group (N1) bonds to the metal as well as to a hydrogen atom of the cyclen ring through a hydrogen bond in an end-on configuration to the cyclen ring. In the side-on structures, the N3 unit is bonded (in a side-on configuration to the cyclen ring) to the metal through the terminal nitrogen atom of the azide group (N1), and through the other terminal nitrogen atom (N3) of the azide group by a hydrogen bond to a hydrogen atom of the cyclen ring. For all the alkali metals, the N3-side-on structure is lowest in energy. Addition of a second cyclen unit to [M(cyclen)N3] to form the sandwich compounds [M(cyclen)2N3] causes the bond strength between the metal and the N3 unit to decrease. It is hoped that this computational study will be a precursor to the synthesis and experimental study of these new macrocyclic compounds; structural parameters and infrared spectra were computed, which will assist future experimental work.
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- Hanusha Bhakhoa
- Computational Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Réduit, 80837, Mauritius
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- Computational Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Réduit, 80837, Mauritius
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.,Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Computational Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Réduit, 80837, Mauritius. .,Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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Li Q, Zhang T, Pan Y, Ciacchi LC, Xu B, Wei G. AFM-based force spectroscopy for bioimaging and biosensing. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra22841g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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AFM-based force spectroscopy shows wide bio-related applications especially for bioimaging and biosensing.
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- Qing Li
- Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group
- Faculty of Production Engineering
- University of Bremen
- D-28359 Bremen
- Germany
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- Single Molecule Study Laboratory
- College of Engineering and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center
- University of Georgia
- Altens
- USA
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- Single Molecule Study Laboratory
- College of Engineering and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center
- University of Georgia
- Altens
- USA
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- Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group
- Faculty of Production Engineering
- University of Bremen
- D-28359 Bremen
- Germany
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- Single Molecule Study Laboratory
- College of Engineering and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center
- University of Georgia
- Altens
- USA
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- Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group
- Faculty of Production Engineering
- University of Bremen
- D-28359 Bremen
- Germany
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