NDLI: A highly dispersible silica pH nanosensor with expanded measurement ranges

Content Provider	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Author	Guo, Huiling Zhu, Hongda Sun, Ling Sun, Honghao Hu, Shuchao Liu, Mingxing Sun, Hongmei
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	For accurate determination of local intracellular pH which could further improve our understanding of cellular processes and knowledge of advanced drug delivery system architecture, a fluorescent-based ratiometric nanosensor has been designed over the past decade. As a promising matrix for nanosensors and nanomedicines, silica nanoparticles (SNPs) have been widely used due to their desirable properties, which include a high loading level of guest molecules, low toxicity and easy functionalization. Amination of SNPs was essential for binding functional groups, such as fluorescent molecules and targeting groups, whereas positively charged amine will cause the aggregation of SNPs which limits the further application of SNPs. To circumvent this problem, a simple and effective strategy has been presented in this paper. Firstly, an acid was used as a catalyst instead of a base to inhibit SNP aggregation in the amination process. Subsequently, polymers (poly(ethylene glycol) and hyaluronic acid) were coated on the surface of monodispersed aminated SNPs to obtain excellent colloidal stability. The well dispersed core–shell SNPs were further functionalized with two pH sensitive fluorophores (fluorescein isothiocyanate and Oregon Green isothiocyanate) and one reference fluorophore (rhodamine B isothiocyanate), which resulted in ratiometric pH nanosensors with a hydrodynamic diameter of 76–100 nm. The sensors exhibited a broad pH measurement range from 3.8 to 7.4, which covers almost all intracellular pH values, and remarkable colloidal stability in buffer solution.
Starting Page	4568
Ending Page	4574
Page Count	7
File Format	HTM / HTML PDF
ISSN	11440546
Volume Number	39
Issue Number	6
Journal	New Journal of Chemistry
DOI	10.1039/c4nj02419b
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Oregon Ethylene glycol Rhodamine Isothiocyanate Drug delivery Single-nucleotide polymorphism Buffer solution Nanosensor Silicon dioxide Intracellular pH Oregon Green SNP Amination Fluorophore PH Extracellular matrix
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Chemistry Materials Chemistry Catalysis

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