Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (3): 465.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20190488

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Controllable Preparation of Polydopamine Modified Gold Nanoflowers and Its Application in Photothermal Therapy

WU Fengren1,2,LIU Yongjia1,LU Xuemin2,ZHU Bangshang1,2,*   

  1. 1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
    2. Instrumental Analysis Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • Received:2019-09-16 Online:2020-02-17 Published:2020-01-06
  • Contact: Bangshang ZHU
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    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 51373099).

Abstract:

Gold nanoflowers(AuNFs) were prepared through template-free method. The size and morphology of AuNFs were modulated by reaction temperature and the amount of reducing agent ascorbic acid. Furthermore, polydopamine(PDA) modification was adopt to improve the near-infrared(NIR) absorbance and biocompatibility of AuNFs. The size, morphology and optical properties of AuNFs and PDA modified AuNFs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy(TEM), dynamic light scattering(DLS) & Zeta potential analyzer and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The modification of PDA was characterized by Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) spectroscopy. The X-ray diffraction(XRD) analysis indicated that the crystal structure of AuNFs had no changes after PDA modification. The cytotoxicity of samples in vitro was evaluated by MTT assay. The results demonstrated that the lower temperature(0 ℃) is the proper reaction temperature to obtain the multi-branched structures of AuNFs. Meanwhile, increasing the concentration of reducing agent ascorbic acid would obtain the smaller AuNFs. The size of AuNFs ranged from 60—100 nm, and the wavelength of UV-Vis absorption peak was 575—650 nm. After PDA modification, the significantly red-shifted(over 80 nm) of UV-Vis absorption was found, and the absorption range in the near infrared region was significantly improved. The thickness of PDA layer outside AuNFs was about 8—14 nm through PDA concentration changes. Under 808 nm laser irradiation, the solution with PDA-AuNFs were rapidly heated to 57 ℃. In addition, the cell viability in vitro demonstrated that the PDA-AuNFs had lower cytotoxicity. After photothermal treatment with PDA-AuNFs, the cell survival of HeLa cells was about 10%. Therefore, the PDA-AuNFs had potential applications as photothermal reagents for tumor therapy.

Key words: Gold nanoflower, Polydopamine, Morphology, Near-infrared absorbance, Photothermal therapy

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