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    Size and Roughness Dependent Temperature Effects on Surface Charge of Silica Nanoparticles
    (Elsevier, 2021) Alan, Büşra Öykü; Barışık, Murat; Barışık, Murat; 03.10. Department of Mechanical Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    Silica nanoparticles (SNP) with different sizes and surface areas are used in numerous micro/nanofluidic applications, while their surface charge properties play a major role in their function. In many of these applications, SNPs also undergo temperature variation. We present that an increase in temperature yields a substantial increase in SNP surface charge depending on nanoparticle size and surface roughness, which cannot be estimated by existing theory. As a continuation of our earlier work characterizing the deviation of SNP surface charging from theoretical predictions due to curvature and EDL overlap effects, this study presents the differentiation from the theory in temperature dependence under various conditions. As we calculate surface chemistry as a function of local ionic conditions (Charge Regulation), temperature variation changed the equilibrium constants of protonation/deprotonation reactions of the SNP surface, in addition to changes occurring in relative permittivity and ionic mobilities. Results show that variation of SNP surface charge by temperature decreases by decreasing particle size and/or increasing roughness size, compare to theoretical flat plate calculations considering similar temperature-dependent properties and charge regulation on the surface. We characterized these deviations by obtaining an electrokinetic similarity between different systems of various size and roughness at various ionic conditions based on the non-dimensional groups of lambda/DP and lambda/DR. Based on these, we devised a phenomenological model as an extension to the flat plate theory to successfully predict the surface charge of SNPs as a function of the particle size, roughness size, and temperature. The current findings are important for the characterization of SNPs through temperature variations and can also be used to adjust the surface charge of SNPs by tuning the temperature.
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    Engineered Silica Nanoparticles Are Biologically Safe Vehicles To Deliver Drugs or Genes To Liver Cells
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2021) Tüncel, Özge; Tüncel, Özge; Kahraman, Erkan; Özçelik, Serdar; Bağcı, Gülsün; Atabey, Neşe; Özçelik, Serdar; 04.03. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics; 04.01. Department of Chemistry; 04. Faculty of Science; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    Engineered silica nanoparticles (SiNP) are emerging materials for medical applications. Evaluating biological responses of specific cells treated with engineered silica nanoparticles is however essential. We synthesized and characterized the physicochemical properties of silica nanoparticles with two different sizes of 10 and 100 nm (10SiNP and 100SiNP) dispersed in cell culture medium. HuH-7, an epithelial-like human hepatoblastoma cell line and SK-HEP-1, a liver sinusoidal endothelial cell line (LSEC) are employed to evaluate their biological responses for the SiNP treatment. Primary human lymphocytes are used to assess genotoxicity recommended by OECD guidelines while erythrocytes are used to assess hemolytic activity. The engineered silica nanoparticles are not able to produce radical species, to alter the mitochondrial membrane potential, and induce any adverse effects on cell proliferation. The colony formation ability of HuH-7 hepatoblastoma cells was not affected following the SiNP treatment. Furthermore, SiNPs do not induce hemolysis of red blood cells and are not genotoxic. These findings suggest that SiNPs regardless of the size, amount, and incubation time are biologically safe vehicles to deliver drugs or genes to the liver. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.