Artigo Revisado por pares

Inulin as a novel biocompatible coating: Evaluation of surface affinities toward CaHPO 4 , α-Fe 2 O 3 , ZnO, CaHPO 4 @ZnO and α-Fe 2 O 3 @ZnO nanoparticles

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 460; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jcis.2015.08.057

ISSN

1095-7103

Autores

Esmeralda Santillán-Urquiza, Fernando Arteaga-Cardona, E. Hernandez-Herman, Prudencio Fidel Pacheco-Garcia, Roberto González-Rodríguez, Jeffery L. Coffer, M.E. Mendoza, Jorge Fernando Vélez‐Ruiz, M.A. Méndez-Rojas,

Tópico(s)

Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

Resumo

The introduction of biocompatible coatings onto nanoparticle surfaces can be synthetically challenging. In this work, calcium phosphate (brushite, CaHPO4⋅2H2O), iron oxide (hematite, α-Fe2O3), zinc oxide (ZnO), and CaHPO4@ZnO and α-Fe2O3@ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized and treated with the biocompatible, biodegradable, polysaccharide inulin {(2R,3S,4S,5R)-2-[[(2R,3S,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolane-2,3,4-triol} under mild conditions. The products were fully characterized by Fourier transforms infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), dynamic light scattering (DLS), differential thermogravimetric/differential thermal analysis (TGA/DTA), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). Surface interactions among hematite and brushite with inulin are weak, but coating the nanoparticle surface with ZnO increased the affinity toward the polysaccharide. Inulin adsorption on the nanoparticle surface was confirmed by thermal and spectroscopic analyses. The nanoparticles had diameters ranging from 50 to 80nm, with nearly spherical morphology. The nanoparticles sizes, stability and solubility in water could make them useful as components for enriched foods.

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