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Polydopamine-functionalized black phosphorus quantum dots for cancer theranostics
摘要： Black phosphorus (BP) is a promising theranostic agent owing to its excellent photothermal property, biocompatibility and biodegradability. However, the rapid degradation of BP with oxygen and moisture causes the innate instability that is the Achilles’ heel of BP, hindering its further applications in cancer theranostics. Herein, a facile surface passivation strategy was developed to prepare polydopamine (PDA) coated BP quantum dots (QDs) (denoted as BP@PDA) through self-polymerization method. PDA with enriched phenol groups plays as a scavenger of reactive oxygen, which can efficiently prevent the oxidation of BP quantum dots and make them much stable in water (～90% for BP@PDA vs. only 10% for pure BP QDs after 10 days storage). Furthermore, PDA with strong near-infrared (NIR) absorption could greatly improve the photothermal conversion efficiency (PCE) of BP QDs from 22.6% to 64.2% (～2.84-fold higher). Considering the excellent biodegradability and good biocompability of both BP QDs and PDA, the as-prepared BP@PDA hold great potential for cancer theranostics.
关键词： Photoacoustic imaging,Black phosphorus,Photothermal therapy,Cancer theranostics,Polydopamine
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:42
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Dopamine-Mediated Assembly of Citrate-Capped Plasmonic Nanoparticles into Stable Core-Shell Nanoworms for Intracellular Applications
摘要： Plasmonic nanochains, derived from the one-dimensional assembly of individual plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs), remain infrequently explored in biological investigations due to their limited colloidal stability, ineffective cellular uptake, and susceptibility to intracellular disassembly. We report the synthesis of polydopamine (PDA)-coated plasmonic “nanoworms” (NWs) by sonicating citrate-capped gold (Cit-Au) NPs in a concentrated dopamine (DA) solution under alkaline conditions. DA mediates the assembly of Cit-Au NPs into Au NWs within 1 min, and subsequent self-polymerization of DA for 60 min enables the growth of an outer conformal PDA shell that imparts stability to the inner Au NW structure in solution, yielding “core–shell” Au@PDA NWs with predominantly 4–5 Au cores per worm. Our method supports the preparation of monometallic Au@PDA NWs with different core sizes and bimetallic PDA-coated NWs with Au and silver cores. The protonated primary amine and catechol groups of DA, with their ability to interact with Cit anions via hydrogen bonding and electrostatic attraction, are critical to assembly. When compared to unassembled PDA-coated Au NPs, our Au@PDA NWs scatter visible light and absorb near-infrared light more intensely, and enter HeLa cancer cells more abundantly. Au@PDA NWs cross the cell membrane as intact entities primarily via macropinocytosis, mostly retain their inner NW structure and outer PDA shell inside the cell for 24 h, and do not induce noticeable cytotoxicity. We showcase three intracellular applications of Au@PDA NWs, including label-free dark-field scattering cell imaging, delivery of water-insoluble cargos without pronounced localization in acidic compartments, and photothermal killing of cancer cells.
关键词： 1D assembly,citrate-capped nanoparticles,polydopamine coating,photothermal killing,intracellular delivery,plasmonic nanoworms,dark-field scattering imaging
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:42
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Contemporary Polymer-Based Nanoparticle Systems for Photothermal Therapy
摘要： Current approaches for the treatment of cancer, such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, and surgery, are limited by various factors, such as inadvertent necrosis of healthy cells, immunological destruction, or secondary cancer development. Hyperthermic therapy is a promising strategy intended to mitigate many of the shortcomings associated with traditional therapeutic approaches. However, to utilize this approach effectively, it must be targeted to specific tumor sites to prevent adverse side effects. In this regard, photothermal therapy, using intravenously-administered nanoparticle materials capable of eliciting hyperthermic effects in combination with the precise application of light in the near-infrared spectrum, has shown promise. Many different materials have been proposed, including various inorganic materials such as Au, Ag, and Germanium, and C-based materials. Unfortunately, these materials are limited by concerns about accumulation and potential cytotoxicity. Polymer-based nanoparticle systems have been investigated to overcome limitations associated with traditional inorganic nanoparticle systems. Some of the materials that have been investigated for this purpose include polypyrrole, poly-(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), polydopamine, and polyaniline. The purpose of this review is to summarize these contemporary polymer-based nanoparticle technologies to acquire an understanding of their current applications and explore the potential for future improvements.
关键词： polydopamine,polypyrrole,polymeric nanoparticle,photothermal therapy,polyaniline
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Polydopamine-Based Tumor-Targeted Multifunctional Reagents for Computer Tomography/Fluorescence Dual-Mode Bioimaging-Guided Photothermal Therapy
摘要： Development of multifunctional diagnosis and treatment reagents is very meaningful in clinical application. Herein, we developed a polydopamine-based (PDA-based) tumor targeted multifunctional reagent by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) strategy. First, the targeted PDA nanoparticles were prepared via combining with folic acid (FA) and dopamine. Then ATRP technology was used to graft the europium(III) complexes onto PDA surface (defined as FEDA). A series of detections revealed that the FEDA nanoparticles had been successfully prepared and exhibited a bright X-ray computer tomography (CT) and photoluminescence (PL) dual-mode imaging efficiency and an excellent photothermal therapy (PTT) effect in vivo/in vitro.
关键词： europium(III) complexes,polydopamine,dual-mode imaging-guided photothermal therapy,folic acid targeted,atom transfer radical polymerization
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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CaP coated mesoporous polydopamine nanoparticles with responsive membrane permeation ability for combined photothermal and siRNA therapy
摘要： Combined photothermal and gene therapy provides a promising modality toward cancer treatment, yet facile integration and controlled codelivery of gene payloads and photothermal conversion agents (PTCAs) remains a great challenge. Inspired by the robust wet adhesion of marine mussels, we present a rationally designed nanosystem constructed by using hybrid mesoporous polydopamine nanoparticles (MPDA) with sub-100 nm sizes and a high photothermal conversion efficiency of 37%. The surface of the particles were modified with tertiary amines by the facile Michael addition/Schiff base reactions of PDA to realize high siRNA loading capacity (10 wt%). Moreover, a successful calcium phosphate (CaP) coating via biomineralization was constructed on the cationic nanoparticle to prohibit premature release of siRNA. The CaP coating underwent biodegradation in weakly-acidic subcellular conditions (lysosomes). The synergistic integration of tertiary amines and catechol moieties on the subsequently exposed surfaces was demonstrated to feature the destabilization/disruption ability toward model cellular membranes via the greatly enhanced interfacial adhesion and interactions. Consequently, sufficient permeability of lysosomal membranes, and in turn, a high lysosomal escape efficiency, was realized, which then resulted in high gene silencing efficiencies via sufficient cytosolic delivery of siRNA. When an efficient knocking down (65%) of survivin (an inhibitor of apoptosis proteins) was combined with a subsequent photothermal ablation, remarkably higher therapeutic efficiencies were observed both in vitro and in vivo, as compared with monotherapy. The system may help to pave a new avenue on the utilization of bio-adhesive surfaces for handling the obstacles of combined photothermal and gene therapy.
关键词： porous polydopamine nanocarriers,bioadhesion,lysosomal escape,siRNA delivery,photothermal therapy
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Polydopamine-Coated Gold Core/Hollow Mesoporous Silica Shell Particles as a Nanoplatform for Multimode Imaging and Photothermal Therapy of Tumors
摘要： It is highly desirable to develop a new hybrid nanoplatform that integrates diagnosis and treatment elements for effective theranostics of tumors. Herein, we have skillfully designed a nanoplatform of polydopamine (PDA)-coated and perfluorohexane (PFH)-filled gold core/hollow mesoporous silica shell (Au@mSiO2-PFH-PDA, ASPP for short) particles for photoacoustic (PA)/ultrasound (US)/computed tomography (CT)/thermal imaging and photothermal therapy (PTT) of tumors. In this work, we first synthesized Au seed particles with a diameter of 15.8 nm using a sodium citrate reduction method, and coated Au seeds with polyvinylpyrrolidone for further growth of solid silica shell/mesoporous silica shell onto the Au seeds. After treatment via selective etching to remove solid silica shell, amination of surface of the particles, and filling of PFH into the internal cavity of the spheres with a diameter of 182.1 nm, PDA coating was performed to render the particles with an external shell thickness of 15.1 nm. The formed hybrid particles with a size of 212.2 nm are colloidally stable and exhibit good cytocompatibility, and display excellent PA/US/CT/thermal imaging property due to the co-presence of PDA, PFH, and Au nanoparticles. Furthermore, the PDA coating renders the platform with a photothermal conversion efficiency of 61.2%, enabling effective photothermal ablation of cancer cells in vitro and a xenografted 4T1 tumor model in vivo under irradiation with an 808 nm laser. More importantly, in the primary 4T1 tumor model, intratumoral injection of the ASPP and irradiation with an 808 nm laser can also completely inhibit the occurrence lung metastasis induced by the 4T1 tumor. The as-prepared hybrid nanoplatform may hold a great promise to be adopted for multimode imaging and PTT of tumors and inhibition of tumor metastasis.
关键词： Tumor metastasis inhibition,Multimode imaging,Photothermal therapy,Polydopamine NPs,Hollow mesoporous silica,Surface modification
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Light-Induced Shape Morphing of Liquid Metal Nanodroplets Enabled by Polydopamine Coating
摘要： Shape morphing nanosystems have recently attracted much attention and a number of applications are developed, spanning from autonomous robotics to drug delivery. However, the fabrication of such nanosystems remains at an early stage owing to limited choices of strategies and materials. This work reports a facile method to fabricate liquid metal (LM) nanodroplets by sonication of bulk LM in an aqueous dopamine hydrochloride solution and their application in light-induced shape morphing at the nanoscale. In this method, dopamine acts as a surfactant, which stabilizes the LM nanodroplets dispersion during the sonication, and results in downsizing of the nanodroplets. Furthermore, by adding 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol to the suspension, self-polymerization of dopamine molecules occurs, resulting in the formation of polydopamine (PDA)-coated LM nanodroplets. Owing to the high photothermal conversion of the PDA, PDA-coated LM nanodroplets are transformed from spherical shapes to ellipsoids by NIR laser irradiation. This study paves a simple and reliable pathway for the preparation of functional LM nanodroplets and their application as shape-morphing nanosystems.
关键词： light-induced shape morphing,polydopamine,liquid metal nanodroplets,photothermal effect
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Polydopamine Coated PB-MnO <sub/>2</sub> Nanoparticles as an Oxygen Generator Nanosystem for Imaging-Guided Single-NIR-Laser Triggered Synergistic Photodynamic/Photothermal Therapy
摘要： Exploring a combined phototherapeutic strategy to overcome the limitations of a single mode therapy and inducing high anticancer efficiency is highly promising for precision cancer nanomedicine. However, a single-wavelength laser activates dual photothermal/photodynamic therapy (PTT/PDT) treatment is still a formidable challenge. Herein, we strategically design and fabricate a multifunctional theranostic nanosystem based on chlorin e6-functionalized polydopamine (PDA) coated prussian blue/manganese dioxide nanoparticles (PB-MnO2@PDA-Ce6 NPs). the obtained PB-MnO2@PDA NPs not only offer an effective delivery system for Ce6 but also provide strong optical absorption in the near-infrared range, endowing high antitumor efficacy of PTT. More importantly, the as-prepared PB-MnO2@PDA-Ce6 nanoagents exhibit an effective oxygen generation, superior reactive oxygen species (ROS), and outstanding photothermal conversion ability to greatly improve PTT and PDT treatments. As a result, both in vitro and in vivo treatments guided by MR imaging on liver cancer cells reveal the complete cell/tumor eradication under a single wavelength of 660 nm laser irradiation, implying the simultaneous synergistic PDT/PTT effects triggered by PB-MnO2@PDA-Ce6 nanoplatform, which are much higher than individual treatment. Taken together, our phototherapeutic nanoagents exhibit an excellent therapeutic performance, which may act as a nanoplatform to find safe and clinically translatable routes to accelerate cancer therapeutics.
关键词： photodynamic therapy,nanomedicine,prussian blue,photothermal therapy,MRI,cancer therapy,polydopamine,chlorin e6,manganese dioxide
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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TiO2 nanotubes modified with polydopamine and graphene quantum dots as a photochemical biosensor for the ultrasensitive detection of glucose
摘要： Rapid and sensitive detection of glucose concentrations is very important for human health. Herein, an ultrasensitive photoelectrochemical dual-electron-acceptor biosensor was constructed by modifying the TiO2 nanotubes (NTs) with polydopamine (PDA) and amino-functionalized graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs)/GOx. PDA is grown on the top of the TiO2 NTs by the electropolymerization, and N-GQDs are loaded into the inner of the TiO2 NTs by a microwave-assisted method. The TiO2 NTs/PDA/N-GQD dual-electron-acceptor biosensor exhibited a highly enhanced photoelectric response, excellent electron–hole separation efficiency, low detection limit (0.015 mM), wide linear range (0–11 mM) and ultrahigh sensitivity (13.6 lA mM-1 cm-2). The prepared biosensor reflected high selectivity and excellent stability. This work also provides new insights into other optoelectronic biosensors.
关键词： photochemical biosensor,polydopamine,graphene quantum dots,TiO2 nanotubes,glucose detection
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Polydopamine coating decreases longitudinal plasmon of Au nanorods: Experiment and simulations
摘要： Polydopamine (PDA) coated Au nanorods (AuNRs) have attracted great interest as a convenient platform to construct various multifunctional nanoparticles for theranostic applications. Typically, the formation of a dielectric shell on the surface of plasmonic particles results in an increase in the particle extinction and in a small red shift of the plasmonic peak. However, compared to the well-known coatings such as silica, biopolymers, and polyelectrolytes, polydopamine is light absorbing material in the visual and NIR spectral range. In this paper, we demonstrate, for the first time, unusual changes in plasmonic properties of AuNRs after PDA coating. Namely, the longitudinal plasmon resonance decreases while the transversal one increases compared to the corresponding initial values of bare AuNRs. Remarkably, the increasing and red shifting of the transversal plasmon is similar to the common changes in plasmonic properties of PDA-coated spheres. To confirm the experimental observations, we simulated the extinction, absorption and scattering spectra for AuNRs with different geometrical properties and PDA shell thicknesses by using two literature models for the refractive index of PDA. The decreasing of plasmonic peak intensity became higher with an increase in the AuNR aspect ratio and the imaginary part of PDA refractive index. Our experimental results and simulations provide a new insight into understanding the optical properties of composite plasmonic particles.
关键词： Plasmon resonance,Refractive index,Au nanorods,Polydopamine
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36