Abstract
We describe biodegradable bridged silsesquioxane (BS) composite nanomaterials with an unusually high organic content (ca. 50%) based on oxamide components mimicking amino acid biocleavable groups. Unlike most bulk BS materials, the design of sub-200 nm nearly monodisperse nanoparticles (NPs) was achieved. These enzymatically degradable BS NPs were further tested as promising imaging nanoprobes.
Original language | British English |
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Pages (from-to) | 15046-15050 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Nanoscale |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 37 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 7 Oct 2015 |