This project introduces a novel ultrasonic shearing-based fabrication method for synthesizing nanobubbles, which can then be utilized as a platform for any theranostic applications in clinical medicine, such as drug/gene delivery systems. Our standard in situ sonochemical synthesis of nanobubbles incorporates a perfluorocarbon gas core (300 μl) and an albumin outer shell, which are then incorporated into phosphate-buffered saline (4 ml) and later sonicated with a US probe. The initial optimization phase consisted of experimenting with various amounts of human serum albumin (HSA), which stabilizes the nanobubble gas core. Of the parameters (20 mg, 40 mg, and 80 mg HSA), 40 mg HSA significantly outperformed (pin vivo imaging nanobubbles in the liver. A continuation of this project will continue to optimize and expand on the theranostic applications of the US sheared nanobubbles in vivo and ex vivo in osteoporosis and the bone.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ucf.edu/oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:honorstheses-2404 |
| Date | 01 January 2022 |
| Creators | Pattilachan, Tara M |
| Publisher | STARS |
| Source Sets | University of Central Florida |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Honors Undergraduate Theses |
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