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MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Volume 107, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.110271
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Magnetic nanoparticles; Hyaluronic acid; Oligo ethylene glycol; Click chemistry; Colloidal stability
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- Italian MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca)
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In this paper we report about the preparation, physicochemical and biological characterization of a magneto responsive nanostructured material based on magnetite nanoparticles (NP) coated with hyaluronic acid (HA). A synthetic approach, based on a Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-allcyne 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition click reaction between azido-functionalized magnetite NP and a derivative of hyaluronic acid bearing propargylated ferulic acid groups (HA-FA-Pg), was developed to link covalently the polymer layer to the magnetite NP. The functionalization steps of the magnetite NP and their coating with the HA-FA-Pg layer were monitored by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) while Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and zeta-potential measurements were performed to characterize the aqueous dispersions of the HA-coated magnetite NP. Aggregation and sedimentation processes were investigated also by UV-visible spectroscopy and the dispersions of HA-coated magnetite NP were found significantly more stable than those of bare NP. Magnetization and zero field cooled/field cooled curves revealed that both bare and HA-coated magnetite NP are superparamagnetic at room temperature. Moreover, cytotoxicity studies showed that the coating with HA-FA-Pg significantly reduces the cytotoxicity of the magnetite NP providing the rational basis for the application of the HA-coated magnetite NP as healthcare material.
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