Abstract
We have studied the preparation and characterization of nanoporous thin films fabricated from a layer by layer assembly of branched poly(ethylene imine), gold nanoparticles (gold NPs) and hyaluronic acid. Gold NPs embedded in the multilayer thin film structure were easily dissolved using an aqueous cyanide solution, generating the nanoporous film. This allows for the direct and precise comparison of the porosity of the polymer based multilayer thin films in both the presence and the absence of gold NPs. Additionally, the layer by layer (LbL) assembly method has advantages in that it increases the possibilities for mass production of multilayer films, and allows the precise control of film structures prepared on large substrates. Therefore, this method offers a new route to allow the introduction of nanoporosity into multilayer thin films, allowing the development of more complex functional multicomponent nanoporous structures for protein delivery. Furthermore, these novel materials could be used in biomedical applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 221-225 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry |
| Volume | 33 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 Jan 25 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by the Bio & Medical Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Korean government No. 2012M3A9C6050104 ). Also, this work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (No. 2013R1A1A1076126 ). Additionally, this work was carried out with the support of “Cooperative Research Program for Agriculture Science & Technology Development (Project No. PJ009986012015)” ( Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea ), as well as the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare ( HI14C-3266-030014 ). This work was also supported by the Chung-Ang University Excellent Student Scholarship in 2015.
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© 2015 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Chemical Engineering(all)