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ArticleNanoscale research letters2017

Size, Stability, and Porosity of Mesoporous Nanoparticles Characterized with Light Scattering.

Martti Kaasalainen, Vladimir Aseyev, Eva von Haartman, Didem Şen Karaman, Ermei Mäkilä, Heikki Tenhu, Jessica Rosenholm, Jarno Salonen

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Article in Nanoscale research letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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Martti KaasalainenLaboratory of Industrial Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20500, Turku, Finland. martti.kaasalainen@utu.fi.
Vladimir AseyevDepartment of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 HY, Helsinki, Finland.
Eva von HaartmanPharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520, Turku, Finland.
Didem Şen KaramanPharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520, Turku, Finland.
Ermei MäkiläLaboratory of Industrial Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20500, Turku, Finland.
Heikki TenhuDepartment of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 HY, Helsinki, Finland.
Jessica RosenholmPharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520, Turku, Finland.
Jarno SalonenLaboratory of Industrial Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20500, Turku, Finland. jarno.salonen@utu.fi.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Silicon-based mesoporous nanoparticles have been extensively studied to meet the challenges in the drug delivery. Functionality of these nanoparticles depends on their properties which are often changing as a function of particle size and surrounding medium. Widely used characterization methods, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and transmission electron microscope (TEM) have both their weaknesses. We hypothesize that conventional light scattering (LS) methods can be used for a rigorous characterization of medium sensitive nanoparticles' properties, like size, stability, and porosity. Two fundamentally different silicon-based nanoparticles were made: porous silicon (PSi) from crystalline silicon and silica nanoparticles (SN) through sol-gel process. We studied the properties of these mesoporous nanoparticles with two different multiangle LS techniques, DLS and static light scattering (SLS), and compared the results to dry-state techniques, TEM, and nitrogen sorption. Comparison of particle radius from TEM and DLS revealed significant overestimation of the DLS result. Regarding to silica nanoparticles, the overestimation was attributed to agglomeration by analyzing radius of gyration and hydrodynamic radius. In case of PSi nanoparticles, strong correlation between LS result and specific surface area was found. Our results suggest that the multiangle LS methods could be used for the size, stability, and structure characterization of mesoporous nanoparticles.

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Biorelevant characterizationLight scatteringMesoporous silica nanoparticleParticle sizePorosityPorous silicon

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PMCPMC5267583

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