Bioactive Materials (Mar 2018)

Construction of versatile multilayered composite nanoparticles from a customized nanogel template

  • Jian Zhang,
  • Jinpeng Jia,
  • Jimin P. Kim,
  • Fei Yang,
  • Xing Wang,
  • Hong Shen,
  • Sijia Xu,
  • Jian Yang,
  • Decheng Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioactmat.2017.06.003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 87 – 96

Abstract

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We present a highly adaptable design platform for multi-responsive, multilayered composite nanoparticles (MC-NPs) with fine-tunable functional layers. A flexible disulfide-linked nanogel template is obtained by a controlled in-situ gelation method, enabling a high degree of control over each successive layer. From this template, we optimize “smart” biomaterials with biofunctional surfaces, tunable drug release kinetics, and magnetic or pH-responsive functionality, fabricated into MC-NPs for targeted drug release and periosteum-mimetic structures for controlled rhBMP-2 release towards bone tissue formation in-vivo. Such a versatile platform for the design of MC-NPs is a powerful tool that shows considerable therapeutic potential in clinical fields such as oncology and orthopedics.

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