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Morla-Folch J, Ranzenigo A, Fayad ZA, Teunissen AJP. Nanotherapeutic Heterogeneity: Sources, Effects, and Solutions. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2307502. [PMID: 38050951 PMCID: PMC11045328 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202307502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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Nanomaterials have revolutionized medicine by enabling control over drugs' pharmacokinetics, biodistribution, and biocompatibility. However, most nanotherapeutic batches are highly heterogeneous, meaning they comprise nanoparticles that vary in size, shape, charge, composition, and ligand functionalization. Similarly, individual nanotherapeutics often have heterogeneously distributed components, ligands, and charges. This review discusses nanotherapeutic heterogeneity's sources and effects on experimental readouts and therapeutic efficacy. Among other topics, it demonstrates that heterogeneity exists in nearly all nanotherapeutic types, examines how nanotherapeutic heterogeneity arises, and discusses how heterogeneity impacts nanomaterials' in vitro and in vivo behavior. How nanotherapeutic heterogeneity skews experimental readouts and complicates their optimization and clinical translation is also shown. Lastly, strategies for limiting nanotherapeutic heterogeneity are reviewed and recommendations for developing more reproducible and effective nanotherapeutics provided.
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- Judit Morla-Folch
- Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029, NY, USA
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029, NY, USA
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029, NY, USA
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029, NY, USA
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
- Icahn Genomics Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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Mahmud S, Ramproshad S, Deb R, Dutta D. A review of the zone broadening contributions in free-flow electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2023; 44:1519-1538. [PMID: 37548630 DOI: 10.1002/elps.202300062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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The broadening of analyte streams, as they migrate through a free-flow electrophoresis (FFE) channel, often limits the resolving power of FFE separations. Under laminar flow conditions, such zonal spreading occurs due to analyte diffusion perpendicular to the direction of streamflow and variations in the lateral distance electrokinetically migrated by the analyte molecules. Although some of the factors that give rise to these contributions are inherent to the FFE method, others originate from non-idealities in the system, such as Joule heating, pressure-driven crossflows, and a difference between the electrical conductivities of the sample stream and background electrolyte. The injection process can further increase the stream width in FFE separations but normally influencing all analyte zones to an equal extent. Recently, several experimental and theoretical works have been reported that thoroughly investigate the various contributions to stream variance in an FFE device for better understanding, and potentially minimizing their magnitudes. In this review article, we carefully examine the findings from these studies and discuss areas in which more work is needed to advance our comprehension of the zone broadening contributions in FFE assays.
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- Sakur Mahmud
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
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Couceiro P, Alonso-Chamarro J. Fluorescence Imaging Characterization of the Separation Process in a Monolithic Microfluidic Free-Flow Electrophoresis Device Fabricated Using Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramics. MICROMACHINES 2022; 13:mi13071023. [PMID: 35888840 PMCID: PMC9324176 DOI: 10.3390/mi13071023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A monolithic microfluidic free-flow electrophoresis device, fabricated using low-temperature co-fired ceramic technology, is presented. The device integrates gold electrodes and a 20 µm thick transparent ceramic optical window, suitable for fluorescence imaging, into a multilevel microfluidic chamber design. The microfluidic chamber consists of a 60 µm deep separation chamber and two, 50 µm deep electrode chambers separated by 10 µm deep side channel arrays. Fluorescence imaging was used for in-chip, spatial-temporal characterization of local pH variations in separation conditions as well as to characterize the separation process. The device allowed baseline resolution separation of a sample mixture of Fluorescein, Rhodamine 6G, and 4-Methylumbelliferone at pH 7.0, in only 6 s, using 378 V.s/cm. The results demonstrate the possibility of studying a chemical process using fluorescence imaging within the traditional fields of low-temperature co-fired ceramics technology, such as high-electrical-field applications, while using a simple fabrication procedure suitable for low-cost mass production.
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Zhang R, Gao Y, Chen L, Ge G. Controllable preparation of monodisperse nanobubbles by membrane sieving. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Kagan CR, Bassett LC, Murray CB, Thompson SM. Colloidal Quantum Dots as Platforms for Quantum Information Science. Chem Rev 2020; 121:3186-3233. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Dong S, Jiang Z, Liu Z, Chen L, Zhang Q, Tian Y, Sohail A, Khan MI, Xiao H, Liu X, Wang Y, Li H, Wu H, Liu W, Cao C. Purification of low-abundance lysozyme in egg white via free-flow electrophoresis with gel-filtration chromatography. Electrophoresis 2020; 41:1529-1538. [PMID: 32529672 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201900479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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As an effective separation tool, free-flow electrophoresis has not been used for purification of low-abundance protein in complex sample matrix. Herein, lysozyme in complex egg white matrix was chosen as the model protein for demonstrating the purification of low-content peptide via an FFE coupled with gel fitration chromatography (GFC). The crude lysozyme in egg while was first separated via free-flow zone electrophoresis (FFZE). After that, the fractions with lysozyme activity were condensed via lyophilization. Thereafter, the condensed fractions were further purified via a GFC of Sephadex G50. In all of the experiments, a special poly(acrylamide- co-acrylic acid) (P(AM-co-AA)) gel electrophoresis and a mass spectrometry were used for identification of lysozyme. The conditions of FFZE were optimized as follows: 130 μL/min sample flow rate, 4.9 mL/min background buffer of 20 mM pH 5.5 Tris-Acetic acid, 350 V, and 14 °C as well as 2 mg/mL protein content of crude sample. It was found that the purified lysozyme had the purity of 80% and high activity as compared with its crude sample with only 1.4% content and undetectable activity. The recoveries in the first and second separative steps were 65% and 82%, respectively, and the total recovery was about 53.3%. The reasons of low recovery might be induced by diffusion of lysozyme out off P(AM-co-AA) gel and co-removing of high-abundance egg ovalbumin. All these results indicated FFE could be used as alternative tool for purification of target solute with low abundance.
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- Shuang Dong
- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information & Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Agro-biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information & Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information & Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information & Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information & Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information & Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information & Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information & Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Agro-biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information & Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information & Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China
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Shen Y, Gee MY, Greytak AB. Purification technologies for colloidal nanocrystals. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 53:827-841. [PMID: 27942615 DOI: 10.1039/c6cc07998a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Almost all applications of colloidal nanocrystals require some type of purification or surface modification process following nanocrystal growth. Nanocrystal purification - the separation of nanocrystals from undesired solution components - can perturb the surface chemistry and thereby the physical properties of colloidal nanocrystals due to changes in solvent, solute concentrations, and exposure of the nanocrystal surface to oxidation or hydrolysis. For example, nanocrystal quantum dots frequently exhibit decreased photoluminescence brightness after precipitation from the growth solvent and subsequent redissolution. Consequently, purification is an integral part of the synthetic chemistry of colloidal nanocrystals, and the effect of purification methods must be considered in order to accurately compare and predict the behavior of otherwise similar nanocrystal samples. In this Feature Article we examine established and emerging approaches to the purification of colloidal nanoparticles from a nanocrystal surface chemistry viewpoint. Purification is generally achieved by exploiting differences in properties between the impurities and the nanoparticles. Three distinct properties are typically manipulated: polarity (relative solubility), electrophoretic mobility, and size. We discuss precipitation, extraction, electrophoretic methods, and size-based methods including ultracentrifugation, ultrafiltration, diafiltration, and size-exclusion chromatography. The susceptibility of quantum dots to changes in surface chemistry, with changes in photoluminescence decay associated with surface chemical changes, extends even into the case of core/shell structures. Accordingly, the goal of a more complete description of quantum dot surface chemistry has been a driver of innovation in colloidal nanocrystal purification methods. We specifically examine the effect of purification on surface chemistry and photoluminescence in quantum dots as an example of the challenges associated with nanocrystal purification and how improved understanding can result from increasingly precise techniques, and associated surface-sensitive analytical methods.
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- Yi Shen
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA. and USC Nanocenter, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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Xia ZJ, Liu Z, Kong FZ, Fan LY, Xiao H, Cao CX. Comparison of antimicrobial peptide purification via free-flow electrophoresis and gel filtration chromatography. Electrophoresis 2017; 38:3147-3154. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201700187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Zhi-Jun Xia
- Laboratory of Analytical Biochemistry and Bioseparation; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism; School of Life Science and Biotechnology; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Analytical Biochemistry and Bioseparation; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism; School of Life Science and Biotechnology; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Analytical Biochemistry and Bioseparation; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism; School of Life Science and Biotechnology; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Analytical Biochemistry and Bioseparation; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism; School of Life Science and Biotechnology; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Analytical Biochemistry and Bioseparation; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism; School of Life Science and Biotechnology; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Analytical Biochemistry and Bioseparation; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism; School of Life Science and Biotechnology; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai P. R. China
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Behrens SH, Breedveld V, Mujica M, Filler MA. Process Principles for Large-Scale Nanomanufacturing. Annu Rev Chem Biomol Eng 2017; 8:201-226. [PMID: 28375773 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-060816-101522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Nanomanufacturing—the fabrication of macroscopic products from well-defined nanoscale building blocks—in a truly scalable and versatile manner is still far from our current reality. Here, we describe the barriers to large-scale nanomanufacturing and identify routes to overcome them. We argue for nanomanufacturing systems consisting of an iterative sequence of synthesis/assembly and separation/sorting unit operations, analogous to those used in chemicals manufacturing. In addition to performance and economic considerations, phenomena unique to the nanoscale must guide the design of each unit operation and the overall process flow. We identify and discuss four key nanomanufacturing process design needs: (a) appropriately selected process break points, (b) synthesis techniques appropriate for large-scale manufacturing, (c) new structure- and property-based separations, and (d) advances in stabilization and packaging.
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- Sven H. Behrens
- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100
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Agostino FJ, Krylov SN. Advances in steady-state continuous-flow purification by small-scale free-flow electrophoresis. Trends Analyt Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2015.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Separation of different shape biosynthesized gold nanoparticles via agarose gel electrophoresis. Sep Purif Technol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2015.07.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Liu Y, Zhang D, Pang S, Liu Y, Shang Y. Size separation of graphene oxide using preparative free-flow electrophoresis. J Sep Sci 2014; 38:157-63. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201401000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Revised: 10/17/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yong Liu
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials; School of Materials Science and Engineering; Tongji University; Shanghai P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials; School of Materials Science and Engineering; Tongji University; Shanghai P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials; School of Materials Science and Engineering; Tongji University; Shanghai P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials; School of Materials Science and Engineering; Tongji University; Shanghai P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials; School of Materials Science and Engineering; Tongji University; Shanghai P. R. China
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Zhang S, Chen R, Malhotra G, Critchley K, Vakurov A, Nelson A. Electrochemical modelling of QD-phospholipid interactions. J Colloid Interface Sci 2014; 420:9-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.12.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Revised: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Yan J, Guo CG, Liu XP, Kong FZ, Shen QY, Yang CZ, Li J, Cao CX, Jin XQ. A simple and highly stable free-flow electrophoresis device with thermoelectric cooling system. J Chromatogr A 2013; 1321:119-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.10.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Revised: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lesnyak V, Gaponik N, Eychmüller A. Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals: the aqueous approach. Chem Soc Rev 2013; 42:2905-29. [PMID: 23165911 DOI: 10.1039/c2cs35285k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This article summarizes the main achievements and challenges in the field of the aqueous synthesis of semiconductor quantum dots in colloidal solutions. Developments in the last two decades demonstrate the great potential of this approach to synthesize nanocrystalline materials with superior properties such as strong photoluminescence, long time stability and compatibility with biological media, and the variability in assembling and self-assembling into larger structures or on surfaces. Being relatively straightforward, the aqueous approach provides some advantages such as versatility, scalability, environmental friendliness and cost effectiveness, leading in summary to very attractive application perspectives.
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- Vladimir Lesnyak
- Physical Chemistry, TU Dresden, Bergstr. 66b, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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Abou-Saleh RH, Peyman SA, Critchley K, Evans SD, Thomson NH. Nanomechanics of lipid encapsulated microbubbles with functional coatings. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:4096-4103. [PMID: 23448164 DOI: 10.1021/la304093t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Microbubbles (MBs) are increasingly being proposed as delivery vehicles for targeted therapeutics, as well as being contrast agents for ultrasound imaging. MBs formed with a lipid shell are promising candidates due to their biocompatibility and the opportunity for surface functionalization, both for specific targeting of tissues and as a means to tune their mechanical response for localized ultrasound induced destruction in vivo. Herein, we acquired force-deformation data on coated lipid MBs using tip-less microcantilevers in an atomic force microscope. Model lipid MBs were designed to test the effects of adding a functional coating on the outside of the lipid leaflet, including a protein coat (streptavidin) or the addition of quantum dots (Q-dots) as optical reporters. MBs (~3 μm diameter) were repeatedly compressed for deformations up to ~50% to obtain a full bubble response. Addition of a coating increased the initial deformation stiffness related to shell bending ~2-fold for streptavidin and ∼3-fold for Q-dots. The presence of a polyethylene glycol (PEG) linker in between the lipid and functional coating, led to enhanced stiffening at high deformations. The plasticity index has been determined and only those MBs that included the PEG linker showed a force dependent short time-scale (<~1s) plasticity. This study demonstrates modulation of the mechanical response of biocompatible MBs through the addition of functional coatings necessary for rationale design of therapeutic lipid MBs for targeted drug delivery.
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- Radwa H Abou-Saleh
- Molecular and Nanoscale Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Li F, Hill RJ. Nanoparticle gel electrophoresis: Bare charged spheres in polyelectrolyte hydrogels. J Colloid Interface Sci 2013; 394:1-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2012.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2012] [Revised: 09/23/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Peyman SA, Abou-Saleh RH, McLaughlan JR, Ingram N, Johnson BRG, Critchley K, Freear S, Evans JA, Markham AF, Coletta PL, Evans SD. Expanding 3D geometry for enhanced on-chip microbubble production and single step formation of liposome modified microbubbles. LAB ON A CHIP 2012; 12:4544-52. [PMID: 22968592 DOI: 10.1039/c2lc40634a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Micron sized, lipid stabilized bubbles of gas are of interest as contrast agents for ultra-sound (US) imaging and increasingly as delivery vehicles for targeted, triggered, therapeutic delivery. Microfluidics provides a reproducible means for microbubble production and surface functionalisation. In this study, microbubbles are generated on chip using flow-focussing microfluidic devices that combine streams of gas and liquid through a nozzle a few microns wide and then subjecting the two phases to a downstream pressure drop. While microfluidics has successfully demonstrated the generation of monodisperse bubble populations, these approaches inherently produce low bubble counts. We introduce a new micro-spray flow regime that generates consistently high bubble concentrations that are more clinically relevant compared to traditional monodisperse bubble populations. Final bubble concentrations produced by the micro-spray regime were up to 10(10) bubbles mL(-1). The technique is shown to be highly reproducible and by using multiplexed chip arrays, the time taken to produce one millilitre of sample containing 10(10) bubbles mL(-1) was ∼10 min. Further, we also demonstrate that it is possible to attach liposomes, loaded with quantum dots (QDs) or fluorescein, in a single step during MBs formation.
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- Sally A Peyman
- Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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Hlavacek A, Skládal P. Isotachophoretic purification of nanoparticles: Tuning optical properties of quantum dots. Electrophoresis 2012; 33:1427-30. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201100696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Antonin Hlavacek
- Department of Biochemistry; Masaryk University; Brno; Czech Republic
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Water-Soluble Monodispersed Lanthanide Oxide Submicrospheres: PVP-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis, Size-Control and Luminescence Properties. Chemphyschem 2011; 13:2610-4. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201100806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2011] [Revised: 11/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Kowalczyk B, Lagzi I, Grzybowski BA. Nanoseparations: Strategies for size and/or shape-selective purification of nanoparticles. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2011.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Fractionation and characterization of nano- and microparticles in liquid media. Anal Bioanal Chem 2011; 400:1787-804. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-4704-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2010] [Revised: 01/17/2011] [Accepted: 01/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Jiang L, Zhu YJ. A General Solvothermal Route to the Synthesis of CoTe, Ag2Te/Ag, and CdTe Nanostructures with Varied Morphologies. Eur J Inorg Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200900960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Chen W, Bian A, Agarwal A, Liu L, Shen H, Wang L, Xu C, Kotov NA. Nanoparticle superstructures made by polymerase chain reaction: collective interactions of nanoparticles and a new principle for chiral materials. NANO LETTERS 2009; 9:2153-9. [PMID: 19320495 DOI: 10.1021/nl900726s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was realized on the surface of gold nanoparticles (NPs) as a tool for self-organization at nanoscale and as a step toward programmable production of sufficient quantities of functional metallic superstructures. The assembly is controlled by varying the density of the primer on the surface of gold NPs and the number of PCR cycles generating a mixture of dimers, trimers, tetramers, etc., with gradually increasing complexity. This process leads to strong chirality of the assemblies arising from the three-dimensional positioning of NPs in space which had never been observed before. A circular dichroism band of the superstructures coincides with the plasmon oscillations of the multi-NP systems of Au colloids. This new collective optical property of NPs embracing the diversity of shapes and diameters in the starting dispersions opens unique opportunities for the development of negative index materials.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wei Chen
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA
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