I'm trying to get a stable solution of rutilo TiO2 nanoparticles on a DMEM High + NCBS for biological tests. I've already tried BSA at different concentrations, but it doesn't work. Does anyone have any idea to help me?
I am not too sure if this is appropriate for biological tests but I have seen people stabilize TiO2 with humic acid. Humic acid is present in natural water systems so it is probably not way off. See the paper referenced below:
Horst, Allison M., Ji. Z., Holden, P.A. 2012. Nanoparticle dispersion in environmentally relevant culture media: a TiO2 case study and considerations for a general approach. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 14(8), 1404.
in a stable nanoparticle solution you will lose your particles after they are dissolved.
Problem you should be aware of is that nanoparticles in biological fluid will be covered by a protein corona, which will determine their behaviour. But if you want to measure the biological effect then destabilization will be an important part of the real world behaviour.