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    Biosynthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles: A Comparative Optimization Study for Plant Leaf Extracts and Their Biological Assays
    (2016) Korpe, Didem Aksoy; Iseri, Ozlem Darcansoy; Duman, Memed; Denkbas, Emir Baki; Sahin, Feride Iffet; Haberal, Mehmet; 0000-0002-2616-6733; 0000-0001-7308-9673; 0000-0002-3462-7632; B-9957-2014; AAC-7232-2020; AAJ-8097-2021
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    Fabrication of Monodispersive Nanoscale Alginate-Chitosan Core-Shell Particulate Systems For Controlled Release Studies
    (2014) Korpe, Didem Aksoy; Malekghasemi, Soheil; Aydin, Ugur; Duman, Memed
    Biopolymers such as chitosan and alginate are widely used for controlled drug delivery systems. The present work aimed to develop a new protocol for preparation of monodisperse alginate-coated chitosan nanoparticles at nanoscale. Modifications of preparation protocol contain changing the pH of polymer solutions and adding extra centrifugation steps into the procedure. While chitosan nanoparticles were synthesized by ionic gelation method, they were coated with alginate by electrostatic interaction. The size, morphology, charge, and structural characterization of prepared core-shell nanoparticulated system were performed by AFM, Zeta sizer, and FTIR. BSA and DOX were loaded as test biomolecules to core and shell part of the nanoparticle, respectively. Release profiles of BSA and DOX were determined by spectrophotometry. The sizes of both chitosan and alginate-coated chitosan nanoparticles which were prepared by modified protocol were measured to be 50 +/- 10 and 60 +/- 3 nm, respectively. After loading BSA and DOX, the average size of the particles increased to 80 +/- 7 nm. Moreover, while the zeta potential of chitosan nanoparticles was positive value, the value was inverted to negative after alginate coating. Release profile measurements of BSA and DOX were determined during 57 and 2 days, respectively. Our results demonstrated that monodisperse alginate-coated nanoparticles were synthesized and loaded successfully using our modified protocol.