Synthesis of magnetic hollow periodic mesoporous organosilica with enhanced cellulose tissue penetration behaviour

  • Chun Xiang Lin
  • , Zhen Li
  • , Stevens Brumbley
  • , Lars Petrasovits
  • , Richard McQualter
  • , Chengzhong Yu*
  • , Gao Qing Lu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Commercially available barium ferrite BaFe12O19 (BaFeO) nanoparticles with a size of ∼100 nm have been successfully encapsulated inside the hollow periodic mesoporous organosilica (HPMO) host material, through a 2-step (coating and encapsulation) approach. The resultant magnetic HPMO (MHPMO) nanoparticles possess a relatively high saturated magnetization (25 emu g-1) and a high enzyme loading capacity (1.32 mg/mg). It is further demonstrated that MHPMO materials exhibited enhanced cellulose tissue penetration behaviour under applied external magnetic field, promising for delivery applications to plant cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7565-7571
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry
Volume21
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Jun 2011
Externally publishedYes

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