Pure and modified silica materials were synthesised by a sol-gel process and used as carrier for the controlled release of ibuprofen, selected as model drug. A one-step synthesis was optimised for the preparation of various silica-drug composites by using tetraethoxysilane and 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane as precursors at different molar ratios. The presence of aminopropyl groups on the silica ...

BACKGROUND Stem cell transplantation has been investigated for repairing damaged tissues in various injury models. Monitoring the safety and fate of transplanted cells using noninvasive methods is important to advance this technique into clinical applications. METHODS In this study, lower-limb ischemia models were generated in nude mice by femoral artery ligation. As negative-contrast agents,...

In this paper, a 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) immobilized graphene oxide nanocomposite was prepared using simple robust method. A Cu (II) Schiff base complex grafted on the nanocomposite. The chemical nature and structure of final product were characterized by various common techniques. acts as heterogeneous catalyst for selective aerobic decarboxylation reaction phenylacetic acid to be...

Surface modification of clay minerals has become increasingly important for improving the practical applications of clays such as fillers and adsorbents. An investigation was carried out on the surface modification of sepiolite with aminopropylsilyl groups in 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (3-APT). The zeta potential of the modified sepiolite suspensions was measured as a function of initial elec...

In this work, 4-aminothiophenol and 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane were firstly used to functionalize graphene oxide (GO) in order to promote the sorption efficiencies of methylene blue (MB) and copper (Cu(2+)). Characterization experiments illustrated that sulfydryl group (SH) and amino group (NH2) were existed onto 4-aminothiophenol modified GO (GO-SH) and 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane modified ...

Propylamino-functionalized mesoporous thin films were synthesized via co-condensation of the oxide precursor tetraethoxysilane (TEOS, Merck) and the amine precursor 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES, Fluka 98%) in the presence of the template (F127 block copolymer, Aldrich, Mw ~13600). The precursor solution was prepared using 0.8 TEOS:0.2 APTES:0.005 F127:24 EtOH:5.2 H2O:0.28 HCl. This solut...

We describe a new technique for the preparation of reactive templates of 1,2-aminopropyltriethoxysilane on silica surfaces, based on the chemical vapour deposition of silane molecules through a PMMA mask patterned by conventional electron-beam lithography. The template thickness and width are controlled down to the monolayer and 50 nm ranges respectively. These templates are successfully used f...