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Clean Photothermal Heating and Controlled Release from Near-Infrared Dye Doped Nanoparticles without Oxygen Photosensitization
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Clean Photothermal Heating and Controlled Release from Near-Infrared Dye Doped Nanoparticles without Oxygen Photosensitization

Samit Guha, Scott K Shaw, Graeme T Spence, Felicia M Roland and Bradley D Smith
Langmuir, Vol.31(28), pp.7826-7834
07/21/2015
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01878
PMCID: PMC4634570
PMID: 26149326
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/4634570View
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Abstract

The photothermal heating and release properties of biocompatible organic nanoparticles, doped with a near-infrared croconaine (Croc) dye, were compared with analogous nanoparticles doped with the common near-infrared dyes ICG and IR780. Separate formulations of lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles and liposomes, each containing Croc dye, absorbed strongly at 808 nm and generated clean laser-induced heating (no production of (1)O2 and no photobleaching of the dye). In contrast, laser-induced heating of nanoparticles containing ICG or IR780 produced reactive (1)O2, leading to bleaching of the dye and also decomposition of coencapsulated payload such as the drug doxorubicin. Croc dye was especially useful as a photothermal agent for laser-controlled release of chemically sensitive payload from nanoparticles. Solution state experiments demonstrated repetitive fractional release of water-soluble fluorescent dye from the interior of thermosensitive liposomes. Additional experiments used a focused laser beam to control leakage from immobilized liposomes with very high spatial and temporal precision. The results indicate that fractional photothermal leakage from nanoparticles doped with Croc dye is a promising method for a range of controlled release applications.
Coloring Agents - chemistry Delayed-Action Preparations Doxorubicin - chemistry Hot Temperature Infrared Rays Lasers Liposomes - chemistry Models, Molecular Molecular Conformation Nanoparticles - chemistry Oxidation-Reduction Photochemical Processes

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