علوم و تکنولوژی پلیمر (Aug 2016)

An Overview on Synthesis and Functionalization of Mesoporous Silica and Its Application in Drug Delivery

  • Sepideh Khoee,
  • Reza Bafkar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22063/jipst.2016.1378
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 3
pp. 201 – 229

Abstract

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Nanotechnology has a prominent potential in biomedical and biomedicine applications. Especially, owing to their exclusive characteristics, hybrid nanocompounds have been recently considered as promising systems for imaging and therapeutic usages. Study on silica-based mesoporous silica materials as drug delivery systems has been considerably developed over the recent few years due to the excellent versatility and stability of these mesoporous materials. In this review, the advanced developments in synthesis, functionalization and application of mesoporous silica in drug delivery are introduced. The first section consists of three main methods, grafting, co-condensation, and periodic mesoporous organosilicates. In the next part, new approaches for functionalization of mesoporous silica in order to control drug delivery are explained. The superiority of mesoporous nannoparticles for numerous drug delivery applications are also summarized. Different mesoporous silica structures can be designed by various chemical methods to meet the drug delivery requirements. The accessible channels in mesoporous which may act as reservoirs for storing drugs can be opened and closed by different systems and create stimuli-responsive release carriers. This review focuses on intelligent nanomaterials based on mesoporous silica which can be stimulated by chemical or biological signals, such as pH, temperature, light, magnetic field and enzymes.

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