ACS Agricultural Science & Technology
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2022
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IF 0
Guang Li,Siyun Zhang,Lei Yang,Weiwei Xu,Haonan Qu,Demei Tian,Jia Li,Haibing Li,Xiaobing Zhang
Controlled release of pesticides is highly desirable for improving efficacy and reducing side effects in agricultural applications. Herein, in this work, based on the optical property and host–guest chemistry of quantum dot and pillararene, we develop a new type of fluorescent, current-responsive, pH stimuli-responsive pillar[6]arene@quantum dots mixed-matrix membranes (PQDs-MMMs) for pesticide delivery, which achieves highly selective detection and controlled release for methyl viologen (MV2+). In the experiments of fluorescence spectrum and I–V current, PQDs-MMMs could realize the visual fluorescence detection and current selection for MV2+. Moreover, the controlled release experiments indicated that the PQDs-MMMs could effectively immobilize and stimuli-release the MV2+ depending on the pH regulation, which achieved the pH-stimuli-responsive release of MV2+. Additionally, the herbicidal activity of MV2+-loaded PQDs-MMMs (MV2+@PQDs-MMMs) was tested, and results showed the weed control effects were identified to free MV2+ under pH control. This work provides the great potential of PQDs-MMMs used in agricultural membranes with environmentally friendly and stimuli-responsive release.
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农业科学
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材料科学
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化学
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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
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2012
·Vol. 18
·期 51
·16517-16524
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IF 5.925
Dian Li,Jing Tang,Jia Guo,Shilong Wang,Deeptangshu Chaudhary,Changchun Wang
Graphical A hollow victory : Hollow-core magnetic colloidal nanocrystal clusters (HMCNCs) with controllable chambers and tunable porous shells are endowed with pH-stimulated drug-release and targeting capability through a ligand-exchange method (see scheme, PAA= poly(acrylic acid)). Folate-HMCNCs with doxorubicin in the core showed higher cytotoxicity towards HeLa cells than free doxorubicin. The fabrication of hierarchical magnetic nanomaterials with well-defined structure, high magnetic response, excellent colloidal stability, and biocompatibility is highly sought after for drug-delivery systems. Herein, a new kind of hollow-core magnetic colloidal nanocrystal cluster (HMCNC) with porous shell and tunable hollow chamber is synthesized by a one-pot solvothermal process. Its novelty lies in the “tunability” of the hollow chamber and of the pore structure within the shell through controlled feeding of sodium citrate and water, respectively. Furthermore, by using the ligand-exchange method, folate-modified poly(acrylic acid) was immobilized on the surface of HMCNCs to create folate-targeted HMCNCs (folate-HMCNCs), which endowed them with excellent colloidal stability, pH sensitivity, and, more importantly, folate receptor-targeting ability. These assemblages exhibited excellent colloidal stability in plasma solution. Doxorubicin (DOX), as a model anticancer agent, was loaded within the hollow core of these folate-HMCNCs (folate-HMCNCs-DOX), and drug-release experiments proved that the folate-HMCNCs-DOX demonstrated pH-dependent release behavior. The folate-HMCNCs-DOX assemblages also exhibited higher potent cytotoxicity to HeLa cells than free doxorubicin. Moreover, folate-HMCNCs-DOX showed rapid cell uptake apart from the enhanced cytotoxicity to HeLa cells. Experimental results confirmed that the synthesized folate-HMCNCs are smart nanovehicles as a result of their improved folate receptor-targeting abilities and also because of their combined pH- and magnetic-stimuli response for applications in drug delivery.
研究领域:
纳米医学
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生物材料
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肿瘤学
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PubMed
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2020
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IF 3.232
Mei-Xiang Yang,Qing Tang,Mei Yang,Qin Wang,Zhu Tao,Xin Xiao,Ying Huang
The host–guest inclusion complexes that comprise an inverted cucurbit[7]uril ( i Q[7]) and a quinoline derivative, 4-(4-dimethylaminostyryl) quinoline (DSQ) at different pHs were exploited as multiple supramolecular sensors to sense l -α-amino acids. DSQ complexation inside i Q[7] at different pHs leads to increased fluorescence and formation of different-colored i Q[7]-DSQ complexes. The enhanced fluorescence of DSQ after i Q[7] encapsulation may be attributed to limited dimethylamine rotation and the formation of a twisted internal charge transfer (TICT) state. The DSQ@ i Q[7] sensors have different affinities for l -α-amino acids at different pHs. Therefore, we propose a pH-stimulus response supramolecular sensor for the discrimination of structurally similar l -α-amino acids in aqueous solution.
研究领域:
分析化学
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超分子化学
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PubMed
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CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS
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2016
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IF 1.947
Zhi-Wei Yu,Shu-Xi Gao,Kai Xu,You-Xiong Zhang,Jun Peng,Ming-Cai Chen
Organic/inorganic hybrid polymers have been widely studied for their potential use in nanocontainers and nanocarriers. In this article, one star-shaped hybrid polymer, polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) grafted poly( N , N -(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (POSS- g -PDMA), was synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT). The pH stimuli-responsive character of POSS- g -PDMA in aqueous solution were also studied.
研究领域:
材料科学
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高分子化学
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纳米技术
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MATERIALS & DESIGN
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2018
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IF 4.525
Mingliang Pei,Xu Jia,Peng Liu
Theranostic nanomedicines for imaging guided therapy, simultaneously monitoring the real-time response of therapy, have aroused great interest in cancer research. Here, the Janus-like poly(methyl methacrylate)- b -poly(ethylene glycol)-folic acid block -copolymer-grafted fluorescent carbon dots (CDs-PMMA-PEG-FA) were synthesized via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) of methyl methacrylate (MMA) in ethanol with the modified carbon dots (CDs-Br) as initiator, followed by the PEGylation via click chemistry. Interestingly, they could self-assemble into blank nanoassemblies with hydrodynamic diameter of about 150 nm and Doxorubicin (DOX)-loaded nanoassemblies of about 270 nm with high DOX–loading capacity of 67.2%. The DOX-loaded nanoassemblies could release >80% of DOX at pH 5.0 within 36 h, while that at pH 7.4 was only 2%, demonstrating the excellent on-off behavior on pH stimuli. A possible mechanism was proposed to explore the drug release pathway in vitro. Enhanced anti-cancer efficacy of the CDs-PMMA-PEG-FA/DOX nanoassemblies with folate receptor (FR)-mediated targeting function than the free DOX was revealed by the MTT assays, while the bare CDs-PMMA-PEG-FA nanoassemblies possessed good cytocompatibility. The cellular uptake result showed that the proposed fluorescent theranostic nanomedicines could be effectively internalized into HepG2 cells and release DOX into the cell nuclei.
研究领域:
生物材料学
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纳米医学
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肿瘤学
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高影响因子
Chemical Science
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2017
·Vol. 9
·期 5
·1184-1190
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IF 8.668
Xiangdan Meng,Wenhao Dai,Kai Zhang,Haifeng Dong,Xueji Zhang
Herein, we design a smart autonomous ATP self-powered strand-displacement cascade amplification (SDCA) system for highly sensitive multiple intracellular miRNA detection. Rationally engineered Y-motif DNA structures are functionalized on mesoporous silica-coated copper sulfide nanoparticles loaded with numerous ATPs (CuS@mSiO2-Y/ATP) through pH stimulus-responsive disulfide bonds. The SDCA system is implemented by endogenous specific miRNA as a trigger and ATP as fuel released from the nanocarrier at acidic pH and photothermal stimuli-responsive CuS. The ATP self-powered SDCA process presents higher sensitivity compared to that without amplification for intracellular miRNA imaging. Two-color simultaneous and sensitive imaging of multiple cancer-related miRNAs in living cells is also confirmed. This enables facile and accurate differentiation between normal cells and different types of cancer cell using intracellular miRNA imaging, which improves the veracity and timeliness for early cancer diagnosis.
研究领域:
纳米技术
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生物医学工程
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分子生物学
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癌症研究
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