Photocontrolled Cargo Release from Dual Cross-Linked Polymer Particles

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• 作者：Shereen Tan ; Jiwei Cui ; Qiang Fu ; Eunhyung Nam ; Katharina Ladewig ; Jing M. Ren ; Edgar H. H. Wong ; Frank Caruso ; Anton Blencowe ; Greg G. Qiao
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 9, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：9
• 页码：6219-6228
• 全文大小：600K
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

Burst release of a payload from polymeric particles upon photoirradiation was engineered by altering the cross-linking density. This was achieved via a dual cross-linking concept whereby noncovalent cross-linking was provided by cyclodextrin host–guest interactions, and irreversible covalent cross-linking was mediated by continuous assembly of polymers (CAP). The dual cross-linked particles (DCPs) were efficiently infiltrated (∼80–93%) by the biomacromolecule dextran (molecular weight up to 500 kDa) to provide high loadings (70–75%). Upon short exposure (5 s) to UV light, the noncovalent cross-links were disrupted resulting in increased permeability and burst release of the cargo (50 mol % within 1 s) as visualized by time-lapse fluorescence microscopy. As sunlight contains UV light at low intensities, the particles can potentially be incorporated into systems used in agriculture, environmental control, and food packaging, whereby sunlight could control the release of nutrients and antimicrobial agents.