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. 2019 Nov:104:109889.
doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.109889. Epub 2019 Jun 12.

PEGylated graphene oxide-capped gold nanorods/silica nanoparticles as multifunctional drug delivery platform with enhanced near-infrared responsiveness

Zeer Qi  1 , Jun Shi  2 , Zheng Zhang  1 , Yuchan Cao  1 , Jingguo Li  3 , Shaokui Cao  4
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PEGylated graphene oxide-capped gold nanorods/silica nanoparticles as multifunctional drug delivery platform with enhanced near-infrared responsiveness

Zeer Qi et al. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2019 Nov.

Abstract

In this paper, near infrared (NIR)-responsive core-shell gold nanorods/mesoporous silica nanoparticles capped with PEGylated graphene oxide (GNRs/SiO2/GO-PEG) were prepared via electrostatic and physical absorption interactions. Hybrid nanoparticles display distinct photothermal stability in physiological environment and acidic media because of the introduction of biocompatible GO-PEG. In addition, due to the high specific surface area of GO-PEG and synergistically enhanced photothermal effect between GO-PEG and GNRs, GNRs/SiO2/GO-PEG nanoparticles exhibit excellent drug loading efficiency and superior photothermal conversion efficiency (39.53%). More importantly, significant pH-/NIR- dual responsive drug release upon NIR irradiation could be observed from GNRs/SiO2/GO-PEG nanoparticles due to the π-π cooperative interaction between GO-PEG and doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX), and synergistically enhanced NIR-responsiveness derived from GNRs/GO-PEG. The present paper furnishes a green and feasible method to prepare smart core/shell hybrid nanoparticles with high drug loading efficiency and excellent photothermal conversion efficiency, which possess great perspectives as a multifunctional platform for remotely controllable drug delivery.

Keywords: Gold nanorods; NIR-responsive drug delivery; PEGylated graphene oxide; Photothermal transition effect.

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