Enzymatically degradable hybrid organic-inorganic bridged silsesquioxane nanoparticles for in vitro imaging.
NANOSCALE 2015;
7:15046-15050. [PMID:
26165456 DOI:
10.1039/c5nr03065j]
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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.
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