Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (2): 294-297.doi: 10.1007/s40242-017-6406-5

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Functionalization of Magnetic Titanium Dioxide for Targeted Drug Delivery and UV-induced Release

CAI Linjun1, LI Junbo2, WANG Shipeng2, ZHAO Mengzhe2, ZHAO Bing2, JIANG Chunlai1, KONG Wei1   

  1. 1. National Engineering Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine, College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
  • Received:2016-10-08 Revised:2016-12-10 Online:2017-04-01 Published:2017-01-09
  • Contact: JIANG Chunlai,E-mail:jiangcl@jlu.edu.cn E-mail:jiangcl@jlu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundationof China(No.81401717), the Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Overseas Scholars, Ministry of Education of China and the Development Program of the Science and Technology of Jilin Province, China(No.20130206011YY).

Abstract:

Magnetic titanium dioxide core-shell nanoparticles(Fe3O4@TiO2 NPs) were synthesized as particles with appropriate size for intravenous injection. They subsequently were functionalized with p-aminothiophenol(PATP) to facilitate the covalent attachment of target drugs through azo coupling reaction, which can be universally observed in a variety of drugs containing phenols, anilines, and imidazoles. The proposed drug nanocarrier was designed to possess the ability to release drugs upon UV irradiation because of the photocatalytic property of the TiO2 shells. All the results indicate the potential application of the Fe3O4@TiO2 NPs in targeted drug delivery with greater chemical stability and universality.

Key words: Magnetic titanium dioxide, Targeted drug delivery, Azo coupling