Affiliation:
1. Institute of Pharmaceutical Science Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine King's College London Franklin‐Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street London SE1 9NH UK
Abstract
AbstractSynthesizing gold nanorods (AuNRs) by seed‐mediated growth method results in the presence of undesired size and shape particles by‐products occupying 10–90% of the population. In this study, AuNRs are synthesized by the seed‐mediated growth method using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as a surfactant. AuNRs with redshifted longitudinal localized surface plasmon resonance (LLSPR) peak, localized in the biological “transparency window” (650–1350 nm), are synthesized after optimizing seed solution, silver nitrate solution, and hydrochloric acid solution volumes, based on the published protocols. A two‐step purification method, dialysis followed by centrifugation, is applied to remove excess CTAB and collect LLSPR‐redshifted AuNRs with high rod purity (>90%). CTAB is subsequently exchanged with polyethylene glycol (PEG) to improve AuNRs biocompatibility. PEGylated AuNRs are confirmed innocuous to both SN4741 cells and B16F10 cells by the modified MTT assay and the modified lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assay up to 1 nm and 24 h incubation. In this study, a combined facile synthesis, purification, and surface functionalization approach is proposed to obtain water‐dispersible monodispersed AuNRs for drug delivery applications.
Funder
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Wellcome Trust
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science,General Chemistry
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