Nanoparticle sizing in the field of nanomedicine: Power of an analytical ultracentrifuge

Cinar, Gizem; Solomun, Jana I.; Mapfumo, Prosper; Traeger, Anja; Nischang, Ivo

doi:10.1016/j.aca.2022.339741

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“…Figure A,B also show a comparison of the intensity-based distributions of hydrodynamic diameters from DLS, d h, DLS , with those based on sedimentation analysis, ls – g *( d h ), and sedimentation–diffusion analysis, c ( d h ), by including the translational frictional ratios, f / f sph (eq and Table S2). The differential distributions of hydrodynamic diameters from AUC, ls – g *( d h ) or c ( d h ), and resulting d h,AUC values were derived as reported recently . The z -average d h, DLS and average d h,AUC values from sedimentation–diffusion analysis practically coincide (Table S2).…”

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“…The d h, DLS is obtained by cumulant analysis of the decay functions and allows estimation of diffusion coefficients, D , and consequently hydrodynamic diameters, d h, DLS (eq ). The latter are accompanied with a polydispersity index (PDI), setting into relation the standard deviation of the investigated population and the hydrodynamic diameters …”

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“…Perhaps the most common way is the determination of d h values by dynamic light scattering (DLS) experiments. DLS originally assesses translational diffusion coefficients, D . ,, …”

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“…Intrinsic estimates are particularly useful, because they allow for solution system comparability, i.e., when experiments in differently dense and viscous solvents are performed. ,, …”

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“…A key technological platform for the absolute study of polymer systems is an analytical ultracentrifuge that found its inception with Svedberg’s pioneering work on disperse systems. , In combination with viscometry of macromolecular systems, first proposed by Staudinger, − the methods of macromolecular hydrodynamics have developed into powerful approaches in the study of polymers of natural and synthetic origin . The peculiar advantage of AUC emanates from the study of materials in solution under action of a centrifugal force in the hermetically closed system of conserved mass balance. − The materials are investigated by suitable detectors in solution without global dilution and absence of sample processing issues.…”

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Nanoparticle sizing in the field of nanomedicine: Power of an analytical ultracentrifuge

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PEG-Lipids: Quantitative Study of Unimers and Aggregates Thereof by the Methods of Molecular Hydrodynamics

The Influence of Cyanine 5.5 and Doxorubicin on Cell Cycle Arrest, Magnetic Resonance, and Near‐Infrared Fluorescence Optical Imaging for Fe₃O₄‐Encapsulated PLA‐TPGS Nanoparticles

Analysis of Macromolecular Systems as Enabler for Energy and Life Science Applications

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Nanoparticle sizing in the field of nanomedicine: Power of an analytical ultracentrifuge

Cited by 15 publications

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PEG-Lipids: Quantitative Study of Unimers and Aggregates Thereof by the Methods of Molecular Hydrodynamics

PEG-Lipids: Quantitative Study of Unimers and Aggregates Thereof by the Methods of Molecular Hydrodynamics

The Influence of Cyanine 5.5 and Doxorubicin on Cell Cycle Arrest, Magnetic Resonance, and Near‐Infrared Fluorescence Optical Imaging for Fe3O4‐Encapsulated PLA‐TPGS Nanoparticles

Analysis of Macromolecular Systems as Enabler for Energy and Life Science Applications

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The Influence of Cyanine 5.5 and Doxorubicin on Cell Cycle Arrest, Magnetic Resonance, and Near‐Infrared Fluorescence Optical Imaging for Fe₃O₄‐Encapsulated PLA‐TPGS Nanoparticles