title: Biodegradable hollow silica nanospheres containing gold nanoparticle arrays.
abstract: We introduce biodegradable hollow silica nanocapsules embedding arrays of 3 nm gold nanoparticles. The silica shell degrades in full serum in a few hours, potentially allowing the clearance of the capsules and their contents by the efficient renal pathway, and thereby overcoming accumulation issues typical of metal nanoparticles.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanotechnology Innovation@NEST, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Piazza San Silvestro, 12 - 56126, Pisa (PI), Italy. valerio.voliani@iit.it.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cassano
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rota Martir
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Signore
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Piazza
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Voliani
mesh_terms: D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D064347:Microscopy, Electrochemical, Scanning; D054118:Nanospheres / Q000737:chemistry*; D044967:Serum / Q000378:metabolism; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006046:Gold; D012822:Silicon Dioxide