Abstract
In this study, an ambient-spark-produced iron (Fe)-nanoparticle-laden nitrogen gas was mixed with an atomized solution of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM)-polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The Fe nanoparticles reacted with NIPAM-PDMS in the atomized droplets to form encapsulated Fe nanoparticles, i.e., Fe@NIPAM-PDMS nanocomposites, whose size distribution was unimodal (showing only a NIPAM-PDMS-like distribution, with the Fe distribution eliminated). By varying processing temperatures, it was possible to obtain Fe@NIPAM-PDMS nanocomposites with different sizes and morphologies. This is further attributed to the quantitative incorporation of Fe nanoparticles into atomized NIPAM-PDMS-doxorubicin (DOX) droplets. The Fe@NIPAM-PDMS-DOX nanocomposites released different amounts of DOX under a magnetothermal effect, which produced different levels of cytotoxic effects on the targeted HeLa cells. The thermosensitivity makes these nanocomposites an ideal candidate for important applications such as controlled drug delivery.
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