Date Fruits-Assisted Synthesis and Biocompatibility Assessment of Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles Anchored onto Graphene Sheets for Biomedical Applications

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• 作者：Ali A. Alshatwi ; Jegan Athinarayanan…
• 关键词：Graphene ; Nanohybrids ; Biocompatibility ; Human mesenchymal stem cells ; Nuclear morphology
• 刊名：Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：181
• 期：2
• 页码：725-734
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• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Biotechnology; Biochemistry, general;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1559-0291
• 卷排序：181

文摘

Nanographene- and graphene-based nanohybrids have garnered attention in the biomedical community owing to their biocompatibility, excellent aqueous processability, ease of cellular uptake, facile surface functionalization, and thermal and electrical conductivities. NiO nanoparticle-graphene nanohybrid (G-NiO) was synthesized by first depositing Ni(OH)₂ onto the surface of graphene oxide (GO) sheets. The Ni(OH)₂-GO hybrids were then reduced to G-NiO using date palm syrup at 85 °C. The prepared G-NiO nanohybrids were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The NiO nanoparticles, with a diameter of approximately 20–30 nm, were uniformly dispersed over the surface of the graphene sheets. The G-NiO hybrids exhibit biocompatibility in human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) up to 100 μg/mL. The nanohybrids do not cause any significant changes in cellular and nuclear morphologies in hMSCs. The as-synthesized nanohybrids show excellent biocompatibility and could be a promising material for biomedical applications.