Activation of Ibuprofen via Ultrasonic Complexation with Silver in N-Doped Oxidized Graphene Nanoparticles for Microwave Chemotherapy of Cervix Tumor Tissues.

An ultrasonic method (20 kHz) is introduced to activate pristine ibuprofen organic molecular crystals via complexation with silver in nitrogen-doped oxidized graphene nanoplatforms (∼50 nm). Ultrasonic complexation occurs in a single-step procedure through the binding of the carboxylic groups with Ag and H-bond formation, involving noncovalent πC=C → πC=C* transitions in the altered phenyl ring and πPY → πCO* in ibuprofen occurring between the phenyl ring and C-O bonds as a result of interaction with hydroxyl radicals. The ibuprofen-silver complex in ≪NrGO≫ exhibits a ∼42 times higher acceleration rate than free ibuprofen of the charge transfer between hexacyanoferrate and thiosulfate ions. The increased acceleration rate can be caused by electron injection/ejection at the interface of the ≪Ag-NrGO≫ nanoplatform and formation of intermediate species (Fe(CN)5(CNSO3)x- with x = 4 or 5 and AgHS2O3) at the excess of produced H+ ions. Important for microwave chemotherapy, ibuprofen-silver complexes in the ≪NrGO≫ nanoplatform can produce H+ ions at ∼12.5 times higher rate at the applied voltage range from 0.53 to 0.60 V. ≪Ibu-Ag-NrGO≫ NPs develop ∼105 order higher changes of the electric field strength intensity than free ibuprofen in the microwave absorption range of 100-1000 MHz as revealed from the theoretical modeling of a cervix tumor tissue.

Acoustic cavitation for engineering of gold sols in silver nitrate solutions.

Binary gold-silver nanostructures of preformed gold nanoparticles (25nm) in silver nitrate solutions are produced by a two step sonication (20kHz). Ultrasonic treatment of gold-silver mixtures is carried out in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate in water or 2-propanol, and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) in ethylene glycol solutions. Gold-silver nano-worms, which consist of ripened gold particles connected by ultrasonically reduced silver, are formed after 1h of sonication in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate aqueous solution. In 2-propanol bimetallic nano-worms have a well defined core-shell structure. Polygonal alloy nanoparticles with gold as a core material and a silver shell are produced after 180min of sonication in the presence of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) in ethylene glycol solution. Bimetallic gold-silver nanostructures have defected face centered cubic structure and represent polycrystals with a large number of crystallites randomly oriented. For the first time, the mechanism of gold particle design by ultrasound is examined in detail. The role of additives (sodium dodecyl sulfate, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, ethylene glycol and 2-propanol) as reductants of silver at the gold contact surface or stabilizers of particles is highlighted.

Ultrasonic alloying of preformed gold and silver nanoparticles.

Alloyed gold/silver nanoparticles with a core/shell structure are produced from preformed gold and silver nanoparticles during ultrasonic treatment at different intensities in water and in the presence of surface-active species. Preformed gold nanoparticles with an average diameter of 15 + or - 5 nm are prepared by the citrate reduction of chloroauric acid in water, and silver nanoparticles (38 + or - 7 nm) are formed after reduction of silver nitrate by sodium borohydride. Bare binary gold/silver nanoparticles with a core/shell structure are formed in aqueous solution after 1 h of sonication at high ultrasonic intensity. Cationic-surfactant-coated preformed gold and silver nanoparticles become gold/silver-alloy nanoparticles after 3 h of sonication in water at 55 W cm(-2), whereas only fusion of isolated gold and silver nanoparticles is observed after ultrasonic treatment in the presence of an anionic surfactant. As the X-ray diffraction profile of alloyed gold/silver nanoparticles reveals split, shifted, and disappeared peaks, the face-centered-cubic crystalline structure of the binary nanoparticles is defect-enriched by temperatures that can be as high as several thousand Kelvin inside the cavitation bubbles during ultrasonic treatment.