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ArticleScientific reports2018

Drug self-assembly for synthesis of highly-loaded antimicrobial drug-silica particles.

Cameron A Stewart, Yoav Finer, Benjamin D Hatton

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cameron A StewartInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Yoav FinerInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Benjamin D HattonInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. benjamin.hatton@utoronto.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8181-1344
University of Toronto · CA

Funding

New composite material design based on studies of tooth-composite and microbial iR01DE021385 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO · PI CVITKOVITCH, DENNIS G., FINER, YOAV · 2010 to 2013
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NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE021385
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimicrobial drug release from biomaterials for orthopedic repair and dental restorations can prevent biofilm growth and caries formation. Carriers for drug incorporation would benefit from long-term drug storage, controlled release, and structural stability. Mesoporous silica, synthesized through a co-assembly of silica and surfactant template, is an ideal drug encapsulation scaffold that maintains structural integrity upon release. However, conventional loading of drug within meso-silica pores via concentration-gradient diffusion limits the overall payload, concentration uniformity, and drug release control. Herein we demonstrate the co-assembly of an antimicrobial drug (octenidine dihydrochloride, OCT), and silica, to form highly-loaded (35% wt.) OCT-silica nanocomposite spheres of 500 nm diameter. Drug release significantly outlasted conventional OCT-loaded mesoporous silica, closely fit Higuchi models of diffusive release, and was visualized via electron microscopy. Extension of this concept to the broad collection of self-assembling drugs grants biomedical community a powerful tool for synthesizing drug-loaded inorganic nanomaterials from the bottom-up.

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Anti-Infective AgentsBiofilmsDrug CarriersDrug LiberationNanocompositesParticle SizePorositySilicon DioxideSurface-Active AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsDrug CarriersSilicon DioxideSurface-Active Agents

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PMID29343729
PMCPMC5772632
OpenAlexW2782784129

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