• 文献标题:   Encapsulation of Particle Ensembles in Graphene Nanosacks as a New Route to Multifunctional Materials
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN YT, GUO F, QIU Y, HU HR, KULAOTS I, WALSH E, HURT RH
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide, encapsulation, imaging, multifunctional probe, controlled release, contrast agent
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Brown Univ
  • 被引频次:   52
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn3055913
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

Hybrid nanoparticles with multiple functions are of great interest in biomedical diagnostics, therapies, and theranostics but typically require complex multistep chemical synthesis. Here we demonstrate a general physical method to create multifunctional hybrid materials through aerosol-phase graphene encapsulation of ensembles of simple unifunctional nanoparticles. We first develop a general theory of the aerosol encapsulation process based on colloidal interactions within drying microdroplets. We demonstrate that a wide range of cargo particle types can be encapsulated, and that high pH is a favorable operating regime that promotes colloidal stability and limits nanoparticle dissolution. The cargo-filled graphene nanosacks are then shown to be open structures that rapidly release soluble salt cargoes when reintroduced into water, but can be partially sealed by addition of a polymeric filler to achieve slow release profiles of interest in controlled release or theranostic applications. Finally, we demonstrate an example of multifunctional material by fabricating graphene/Au/Fe3O4 hybrids that are magnetically responsive and show excellent contrast enhancement as multimodal bioimaging probes In both magnetic resonance imaging and X-ray computed tomography in full-scale clinical Instruments.