Electrospun composites of polycaprolactone and porous silicon nanoparticles for the tunable delivery of small therapeutic molecules
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McInnes, Steven
Macdonald, Thomas
Parkin, Ivan
Nann, Thomas
Voelcker, Nicolas
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This report describes the use of an electrospun composite of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) fibers and porous silicon (pSi) nanoparticles (NPs) as an effective system for the tunable delivery of camptothecin (CPT), a small therapeutic molecule. Both materials are biodegradable, abundant, low-cost, and most importantly, have no known cytotoxic effects. The composites were treated with and without sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to investigate the wettability of the porous network for drug release and cell viability measurements. CPT release and subsequent cell viability was also investigated. We observed that the cell death rate was not only affected by the addition of our CPT carrier, pSi, but also by increasing the rate of dissolution via treatment with NaOH. This is the first example of loading pSi NPs as a therapeutics nanocarrier into electronspun PCL fibers and this system opens up new possibilities for the delivery of molecular therapeutics.
Date Issued
2018-03-29
Date Acceptance
2018-03-27
Citation
Nanomaterials, 2018, 8 (4), pp.205-205
ISSN
2079-4991
Publisher
MDPI AG
Start Page
205
End Page
205
Journal / Book Title
Nanomaterials
Volume
8
Issue
4
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© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access
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https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/8/4/205
Subjects
0912 Materials Engineering
1007 Nanotechnology
Publication Status
Published online
Date Publish Online
2018-03-29