Nanoparticles mimicking viral surface topography for enhanced cellular delivery

Yuting Niu, Meihua Yu, Sandy B. Hartono, Jie Yang, Hongyi Xu, Hongwei Zhang, Jun Zhang, Jin Zou, Annette Dexter, Wenyi Gu, Chengzhong Yu*

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Abstract

Novel silica nanoparticles mimicking virus surface topography are prepared. It is demonstrated that increases in nanoscale surface roughness promote both binding of biomolecules and cellular uptake; thus, the cellular delivery efficiency is significantly increased (scale bars 20â€...μm).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6233-6237
Number of pages5
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume25
Issue number43
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Nov 2013
Externally publishedYes

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