Magnetically-triggered Nanocomposite Membranes: a Versatile Platform for Triggered Drug Release

Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science

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13 Pages + Supplementary material

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10.1021/nl200494t

Drug delivery devices based on nanocomposite membranes containing thermoresponsive nanogels and superparamagnetic nanoparticles have been demonstrated to provide reversible, on-off drug release upon application (and removal) of an oscillating magnetic field. The dose of drug delivered can be tuned by engineering the phase transition temperature of the nanogel, the loading of nanogels in the membrane, and the membrane thickness, allowing for the delivery of drugs over several orders of magnitude of release rates. The zero-order kinetics of drug release through the membranes permit drug doses from a specific device to be tuned according to the duration of the magnetic field. Drugs over a broad range of molecular weights (500-40,000 Da) can be delivered by the same membrane device. Membrane-to-membrane and cycle-to-cycle reproducibility is demonstrated, suggesting the general utility of these membranes for drug delivery.

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