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Authors Matthew, S.A.L. ; Totten , J. D. ; Phuagkhaopong, S. ; Egan, G. ; Witte, K. ; Perrie, Y. ; Seib, F. P.
Title Silk Nanoparticle Manufacture in Semi-Batch Format
Date 03.11.2020
Number 59067
Abstract Silk nanoparticles have demonstrated utility across a range of biomedical applications, especially as drug delivery vehicles. Their fabrication by bottom-up methods such as nanoprecipitation, rather than top-down manufacture, can improve critical nanoparticle quality attributes. Here, we establish a simple semi-batch method using drop-by-drop nanoprecipitation at the lab scale that reduces special-cause variation and improves mixing efficiency. The stirring rate was an important parameter affecting nanoparticle size and yield (400 < 200 < 0 rpm), while the initial dropping height (5.5 vs 7.5 cm) directly affected nanoparticle yield. Varying the nanoparticle standing time in the mother liquor between 0 and 24 h did not significantly affect nanoparticle physicochemical properties, indicating that steric and charge stabilizations result in high-energy barriers for nanoparticle growth. Manufacture across all tested formulations achieved nanoparticles between 104 and 134 nm in size with high ß-sheet content, spherical morphology, and stability in aqueous media for over 1 month at 4 °C. This semi-automated drop-by-drop, semi-batch silk desolvation offers an accessible, higher-throughput platform for standardization of parameters that are difficult to control using manual methodologies.
Publisher ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Wikidata
Citation ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 6 (2020) 6748-6759
DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/ACSBIOMATERIALS.0C01028
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