Mesoporous silica nanoparticles capped with graphene quantum dots as multifunctional drug carriers for photo-thermal and redox-responsive release

• Main Authors: Gao, Yan, Zhong, Shuangling, Xu, Lifeng, He, Shihao, Dou, Yueming, Zhao, Shengnan, Chen, Peng, Cui, Xuejun
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles; Graphene Quantum Dots
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146743
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A novel photo-thermal and redox-responsive drug delivery carrier was developed by capping mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) with graphene quantum dots (GQDs). The disulfide bonds were introduced by amidation reaction between cystine and amino functionalized MSNs. Rhodamine B (RhB), a red fluore...