Issue 86, 2015

In situ functionalization of hollow mesoporous hydroxyapatite with thermal-responsive on–off gates in supercritical CO2

Abstract

In this work, aliphatic poly(urethane-amine) (PUA) grafted mesoporous hollow hydroxyapatite (H-HAP) microparticles were prepared via in situ polymerization in supercritical CO2. Thermal-responsive PUA acted as the on–off gates inside the mesoporous H-HAP due to the stretch and shrinkage of the PUA polymer chains at different temperatures. The PUA-grafted hollow HAP (PUA-g-H-HAP) microparticles displayed high specific surface area (95 m2 g−1) and drug loading efficiency (60%). The in vitro drug release studies indicated that PUA-g-H-HAP microparticles exhibited distinguishable pH- and thermal-dependent drug release properties, and PUA on–off switches enabled the DOX release in a reversible way by simply adjusting the environmental temperature. Moreover, compared to the hollow HAP microparticles having a higher amount of released DOX over the initial 2 h (about 24.4% of total released drug over 24 h) at 37 °C and pH 7.4, PUA-g-H-HAP microparticles displayed a sustained release property with the value of only 10.7% deriving from the blockage of the stretched PUA chains inside the mesoporous H-HAP.

Graphical abstract: In situ functionalization of hollow mesoporous hydroxyapatite with thermal-responsive on–off gates in supercritical CO2

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Jul 2015
Accepted
11 Aug 2015
First published
12 Aug 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 70101-70108

Author version available

In situ functionalization of hollow mesoporous hydroxyapatite with thermal-responsive on–off gates in supercritical CO2

Q. Wu, J. Shi, J. Wei, L. Yang and S. Cao, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 70101 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA13630J

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