Hydrophobicity-Tuned Periodic Mesoporous Organo-Silica Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 21; no. 7; p. 2586
• Main Authors: Lin, Chia-Hui, Kumar Kankala, Ranjith, Busa, Prabhakar, Lee, Chia-Hung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 08.04.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antineoplastic Agents - pharmacology; Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use; Bacteria - drug effects; Biocompatibility; Cancer; Colorectal cancer; Escherichia coli - drug effects; Fourier transforms; HT29 Cells; Humans; Hydrocarbons; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; Light; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Neoplasms - drug therapy; Photochemotherapy - methods; Photodynamic therapy; Physicochemical properties; Silicon Dioxide - chemistry; Vibration; nanotechnology; Fenton-like reaction; anti-bacterial; anti-cancer; periodic mesoporous organosilicas; photodynamic therapy

Since their invention, periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMOs), an innovative class of materials based on organic as well as inorganic hybrid nanocomposites, have gathered enormous interest owing to their advantageous physicochemical attributes over the pristine mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN...