TY - JOUR A1 - Bantz, C. A1 - Koshkina, Olga A1 - Lang, Thomas A1 - Galla, H.-J. A1 - Kirkpatrick, C.J. A1 - Stauber, R.H. A1 - Maskos, M. T1 - The surface properties of nanoparticles determine the agglomeration state and the size of the particles under physiological conditions N2 - Due to the recent widespread application of nanomaterials to biological systems, a careful consideration of their physiological impact is required. This demands an understanding of the complex processes at the bio–nano interface. Therefore, a comprehensive and accurate characterization of the material under physiological conditions is crucial to correlate the observed biological impact with defined colloidal properties. As promising candidates for biomedical applications, two SiO2-based nanomaterial systems were chosen for extensive size characterization to investigate the agglomeration behavior under physiological conditions. To combine the benefits of different characterization techniques and to compensate for their respective drawbacks, transmission electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering and asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation were applied. The investigated particle systems were (i) negatively charged silica particles and (ii) poly(organosiloxane) particles offering variable surface modification opportunities (positively charged, polymer coated). It is shown that the surface properties primarily determine the agglomeration state of the particles and therefore their effective size, especially under physiological conditions. Thus, the biological identity of a nanomaterial is clearly influenced by differentiating surface properties. KW - Nanomaterial characterization KW - Physiological conditions KW - Surface properties KW - Silica nanoparticles KW - Siloxane nanoparticles KW - Nanoparticles KW - Colloids KW - Silica KW - Polyorganosiloxane KW - Siloxane KW - Characterization KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - TEM KW - Cryo-TEM KW - Asymetrical flow field-flow fractionation KW - AF-FFF KW - Field-flow fractionation KW - FFF KW - Dynamic light scattering KW - DLS KW - PCS PY - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.5.188 SN - 2190-4286 VL - 5 SP - 1774 EP - 1786 CY - Frankfurt, M. AN - OPUS4-32575 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Christian A1 - Utech, S. A1 - Scholz, S. A1 - Noskov, S. A1 - Kindervater, P. A1 - Graf, R. A1 - Thünemann, Andreas A1 - Maskos, Michael T1 - Synthesis, characterization and fine-tuning of bimodal poly(organosiloxane) nanoparticles N2 - The acid catalyzed sol–gel type synthesis of polyorganosiloxane core-shell nanoparticles with removable PDMS core in aqueous dispersion leads to the inherent formation of a bimodal size distribution with smaller spheres having approximately 26 nm radii and larger nanoparticles with 60 nm in radius. The origin of the self-organized bimodality is investigated and finally attributed to a combination of stabilization of the growing particles due to i) a miniemulsion-type stabilization by the ultrahydrophobe PDMS and ii) by surface co-stabilization by the employed surfactant. The significant influence of temperature, pH, stirrer speed and amount of the surfactant on the particle sizes allows for the design and fine-tuning of different nanoparticles sizes and distributions. KW - Nanoparticles KW - Polyorganosiloxane KW - Field-flow fractionation (FFF) PY - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2010.09.065 SN - 0032-3861 SN - 1873-2291 VL - 51 IS - 23 SP - 5432 EP - 5439 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-22476 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Utech, S. A1 - Scherer, Christian A1 - Krohne, K. A1 - Carrella, L. A1 - Rentschler, E. A1 - Gasi, T. A1 - Ksenofontov, V. A1 - Felser, C. A1 - Maskos, Michael T1 - Magnetic polyorganosiloxane core-shell nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization and magnetic fractionation N2 - Here, we present the synthesis, characterization and magnetic separation of magnetic polyorganosiloxane nanoparticles. Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles with average particle radii of 3.2 nm had been synthesized by a simple coprecipitation process of iron(II) and iron(III) salt in basic solution. Afterwards, the particles were successfully incorporated into a polyorganosiloxane network via a polycondensation reaction of trimethoxymethylsilane (T), diethoxydimethylsilane (D) and the functional monomer (chloromethylphenyl)trimethoxysilane (ClBz-T) in aqueous dispersion. A core–shell system was chosen to increase the flexibility of the system concerning size, composition and functionalization possibilities. The magnetic nanocapsules with particle radii below 60 nm were separated from non-magnetic material with a high effectiveness by the use of commercially available separation columns which are commonly used for isolation of microbeads and subsequently characterized via transmission electron microscopy (TEM), asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation (AF-FFF), superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) and Mössbauer spectroscopy. KW - Nanoparticle KW - Magnetic KW - Encapsulation KW - Polyorganosiloxane KW - Magnetic separation PY - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2010.06.056 SN - 0304-8853 VL - 322 IS - 21 SP - 3519 EP - 3526 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-22248 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scherer, Christian A1 - Noskov, S. A1 - Utech, S. A1 - Bantz, C. A1 - Mueller, W. A1 - Krohne, K. A1 - Maskos, M. T1 - Characterization of polymer nanoparticles by asymmetrical flow field flow fractionation (AF-FFF) KW - Nanoparticles KW - Block copolymersm maghemite KW - Core-shell structure KW - Polyorganosiloxane PY - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2010.2973 SN - 1533-4880 VL - 10 IS - 10 SP - 6834 EP - 6839 PB - American Scientific Publ. CY - Stevenson Ranch, Calif., USA AN - OPUS4-21979 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -