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1 NE489 Nano-Biomaterials Winter 2010 Rajesh Kumar1
Engineering Nanomaterial Surfaces forBiomedical Applications
Rajesh Kumar
NE 489 Final PresentationWinter 2010
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• Introduction
o Nanomaterials possess unique physical and chemical properties
o Functionalized nanomaterials & synthetic ligandso Applications in:
o Bio-molecular sensingo Biological imagingo Drug delivery vehicleso Disease therapyo Scaffolds in tissue engineering
o Surfaces play a critical role in function
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• Biomedically Important Materials
o Metal nanoparticles, eg. Au and Ag NPso Easy to prepare, stable, unique optoelectronic properties
o Quantum dotso Immunoassays for proteins and other analyses
o Magnetic nanoparticleso Eg. Iron oxides. Motion through external B field
o CNTso Good electrical and thermal conductivity, mechanical
strength and chemical stability
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• Typical Nanomaterials
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• Nanomaterial Surface Functionalization
o Non covalent: Physisorptiono Bonding through electrostatic interactions, hydrogen
bonding, and hydrophobic interactionso Surface coating for stabilizing individual NPso Steric repulsion inhibits agglomeration
o Covalent: Chemisorption
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• Modification of nanomaterial surfaces
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• Typical Complementary Functional Groups
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• Photoinitiated Coupling Chemistry
o Carbohydrates are complex in structureo Hard to chemically derivatizeo But still important class of biomolecules
o Hence, use PFPA-functionalized NPso Then use them to covalently couple carbohydrates using UVo Synthesize by adding PFPA directly to NP solutiono Coated NPs are stable and homogenous in solutiono Can use same process for attaching polymers
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• Gold Nanoparticles
o PFPA-functionalized Au NPs of 20nm in diameter
o Covalent attachment of carbohydrate ligand using UV activation (80% surface coverage using TGA)
o Developed into a calorimetric biosensor for probing carbohydrate-protein interactions
o Treated with Con A target protein
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• Gold Nanoparticles Before/After Coupling
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• Gold Nanoparticles Before/After Coupling
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• Conclusions
o Nanomaterials and surface treatment are widely usefulo Applications in analysis, sensing, imaging, and diagnosticso Careful choice of ligands
o To prevent agglomerationo For molecular recognitiono Defining molecular properties of NMso For ligand couplingo For fixing polarity and solubility
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Thank You
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