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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 32, Number 10
BKCSDE 32(10)
October 20, 2011 

 
Title
Positively Charged Silver Nanoparticles Threaded on Carbon Nanotube for the Efficient Delivery of Negatively Charged Biomolecules
Author
Hyung-Seok Park, Ji-Young Hwang, Ueon Sang Shin, Hae-Won Kim, Myoung-Seon Gong,*,
Keywords
Carbon nanotubes, Silver nanoparticle, Positively charged nanohybrid
Abstract
Silver nanoparticle (Ag-NPs)-immobilized and amine-functionalized carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), MWCNTAg- NH2, were easily prepared in order to develop an efficient delivery system of biomolecules without complicated processes of manufacture. For this, Ag-NPs-immobilized MWCNTs, MWCNT-Ag, were initially prepared in order to create large surface area to enable more efficient linkage with guest-molecules using pristine MWCNTs. The Ag-NPs on MWCNTs were further positively functionalized with 2-aminoethanthiol to allow ionic linkage with biomolecules. Ultimately, the positively charged delivery system proved to be highly effective for the binding capacity of bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a negatively charged model protein, when compared to that of lysozyme used as a positively charged model protein. The releasing profile of BSA was observed in almost linear pattern for about two weeks in a saline solution. This study demonstrated the potential usefulness of the pristine MWCNTs in conjunction with Ag-NPs for the selective delivery of many (negatively or positively) charged biomolecules including proteins and genes.
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3581 - 3586
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