pH-Triggered SrTiO3:Er Nanofibers with Optically Monitored and Controlled Drug Delivery Functionality

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• 作者：Yike Fu ; Xiang Li ; Chuanbin Sun ; Zhaohui Ren ; Wenjian Weng ; Chuanbin Mao ; Gaorong Han
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：November 18, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：7
• 期：45
• 页码：25514-25521
• 全文大小：500K
• ISSN：1944-8252

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The design of multifunctional localized drug delivery systems (LDDSs) has been endeavored in the past decades worldwide. The matrix material of LDDSs is known as a crucial factor for the success of its transformation from the laboratory to clinical practices. Herein, a biocompatible ceramic, strontium titanate (SrTiO₃, STO), was utilized as the matrix. A variety of fine Er doped SrTiO₃ (STO:Er) nanofibers were fabricated via electrospinning. After the surface functionalization with amino groups, the drug loading capacity of STO:Er nanofibers is dramatically increased. The nanofibers present a rather sustained drug releasing behavior in the media with pH of 7.4, and the release kinetics is significantly accelerated with the decreased pH value from 7.4 to 4.7. Furthermore, the intensity of the spectrum emitted from the STO:Er nanofibers corresponds well with the drug releasing progress under the excitation of near-infrared spectrum (鈭?80 nm). Fast drug release behavior (in an acid environment) induces a rapid intensity enhancing effect of photoluminescence emission and vice versa. The main mechanism is attributed to the quenching effect induced by the C-Hx groups of IBU molecules with vibration frequencies from 2850 to 3000 cm^鈥?. Such new STO:Er nanofibers with pH-triggered and optically monitored drug delivery functionalities have therefore been considered as another new localized drug delivery platform for modern tumor diagnosis and therapy.