Volume 5, Issue 10 pp. 1153-1157
Communication

Self-Assembled FeCo/Gelatin Nanospheres with Rapid Magnetic Response and High Biomolecule-Loading Capacity

Lijie Dong

Lijie Dong

Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung Mainz, 55021 (Germany)

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing Wuhan University of Technology 430070 (P. R. China)

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Shuhua Liu

Corresponding Author

Shuhua Liu

Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung Mainz, 55021 (Germany)

Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung Mainz, 55021 (Germany).Search for more papers by this author
Haitao Gao

Haitao Gao

Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 (Germany)

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Ning Ding

Ning Ding

Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung Mainz, 55021 (Germany)

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Wolfgang Tremel

Wolfgang Tremel

Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 (Germany)

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Chuanxi Xiong

Chuanxi Xiong

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing Wuhan University of Technology 430070 (P. R. China)

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Qingming Zhu

Qingming Zhu

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing Wuhan University of Technology 430070 (P. R. China)

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Wolfgang Knoll

Corresponding Author

Wolfgang Knoll

Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung Mainz, 55021 (Germany)

Present address: Austrian Research Centers Donau-City-Strasse 1, Vienna, 1220 (Austria)

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First published: 07 May 2009
Citations: 12

L.D. acknowledges the financial support of the China Scholarship Council and Max-Planck Institute. S.L. thanks the Alexander von Humboldt foundation for a research fellowship. This work was also supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.50572081 and No.50802068). The kind help with TGA measurements from Ms. Shilin Chen and Dr. Yun Zong of the Institute of Materials Research & Engineering (Singapore) is greatly appreciated.

Graphical Abstract

Uniform 100-nm megranate-like FeCo/gelatin nanospheres are self-assembled through the efficient chelation of small primary FeCo NCs with gelatin polypeptide chains in a one-pot reaction (see image). The unique nanospheres efficiently combine rapid magnetic response, huge active surface, and high capacity of controlled loading and releasing of DNA molecules.

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