Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Photodriven Nanoimpellers for Drug Release

Abstract:

Mesostructured SiO2 films functionalized with the azo-chromophore Disperse Red 1 were synthesized by sol-gel method. The mesostructured long-range order in the films was determined by X-Ray Diffraction. The azo-chromophores in the films work as nano-impellers through their photo-induced trans-cis reversible isomerization. When the films are doped, they are able to control the release of the dopant by all-optical processes. We used the dye laser Rhodamine 6G as dopant, its very distinctive luminescence around 550 nm allows to follow the release. Polarized green and infrared laser light were used as pump sources to direct the movement of the nano-impellers. 299 nm light was used as a probe to induce the Rhodamine 6G luminescence, which was measured as function of the pumping time with a photomultiplier coupled to a monochromator. The results corresponding to the green and to the infrared pumping sources are compared in order to determine the feasibility to photo-control the nano-impellers movement through a two-photon absorption process.

• Periodical: Advances in Science and Technology (Volume 82)
• Pages: 25-31
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.82.25
• Online since: September 2012
• Authors: Alfredo Franco, Jorge A. García-Macedo, Jeffrey I. Zink
• Keywords: Drug Delivery, Mesoporous Film, Photoisomerization, Sol-Gel Method

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