Issue 27, 2014
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Silica nanoreactors from silylated riboflavin for efficient singlet oxygen delivery†

Natalia C. Angeluzzi,ab   Marcelo Muñoz,c   Daniela T. Marquez,a   Mauricio S. Baptista,*b   Ana Maria Edwards,c   Emilio I. Alarcon*a  and  Juan C. Scaiano*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa K1N 6N5, Canada
E-mail: scaiano@photo.chem.uottawa.ca

b Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo 05508-000, Sao Paulo, Brazil

c Facultad de Quimica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackena 4860, Santiago, Chile

Abstract

Silylation of riboflavin allowed its incorporation into spherical SiO2 nanoparticles that were able to generate singlet oxygen and oxidize human serum albumin while conferring riboflavin remarkable photostability.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TB00170B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 Jan 2014
Accepted
23 Apr 2014
First published
23 Apr 2014

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2014,2, 4221-4225

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Silica nanoreactors from silylated riboflavin for efficient singlet oxygen delivery

N. C. Angeluzzi, M. Muñoz, D. T. Marquez, M. S. Baptista, A. M. Edwards, E. I. Alarcon and J. C. Scaiano, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2014, 2, 4221 DOI: 10.1039/C4TB00170B

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