Preparation of magnetic nanoparticles coated with chitosan (CS-coated Fe3O4 NPs) in one step by the solvothermal method in the presence of different amounts of added chitosan is reported here. The magnetic property of the obtained magnetic composite nanoparticles was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and magnetic measurements (VSM). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electro...

A sensitive and selective electrochemical aptasensor for thrombin detection was constructed based on hemin/G-quadruplex as the signal label and Fe3O4-Au nanocomposites with glucose oxidase (GOx-) and peroxide-mimicking enzyme activity as the signal enhancers. Due to their large surface area and good biocompatibility, Fe3O4-Au nanocomposites were employed to immobilize electroactive hemin/G-quad...

Rapid and sensitive SERS identification and quantification of arsenic species in multiple matrices have been realized using a Fe3O4@Ag magnetic substrate. The molecular structure of arsenic on Fe3O4@Ag characterized using EXAFS spectroscopy and DFT confirms the existence of a chemical effect on SERS enhancement.

We describe a novel strategy for in situ fabrication of hierarchical Fe3O4 nanoclusters-GAs. Fe3O4 NCs-GAs deliver excellent rate capability (the reversible capacities obtained were 1442, 392 and 118 mA h g(-1) at 0.1C, 12C and 35C rates), and a high reversible capacity of 577 mA h g(-1) over 300 cycles at the current density of 5.2 A g(-1) (6C).

A novel type of pH-responsive biodegradable copolymer was developed based on methyloxy-poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly[dopamine-2-(dibutylamino) ethylamine-l-glutamate] (mPEG-b-P(DPA-DE)LG) and applied to act as an intelligent nanocarrier system for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The mPEG-b-P(DPA-DE)LG copolymer was synthesized by a typical ring opening polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides...

BACKGROUND Discharge of heavy metals such as hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) and nickel (Ni (II)) into aquatic ecosystems is a matter of concern in wastewater treatment due to their harmful effects on humans. In this paper, removal of Cr (VI) and Ni (II) ions from aqueous solution was investigated using an amino-functionalized magnetic Nano-adsorbent (Fe3O4-NH2). METHODS An amino-functionalized...

A novel H3PO4 etching strategy together with subsequent carbon coating has been developed for the synthesis of carbon-coated Fe3O4 microspheres with a porous multideck-cage structure. These carbon-coated Fe3O4 microspheres manifest high specific capacity (∼1100 m h g(-1) at 200 mA g(-1)) and excellent cycling stability for lithium storage.

This paper reports a type of multifunctional hybrid nanoparticle (NP) composed of gold nanocrystals coated on and/or embedded in a magnetite-fluorescent porous carbon core-shell NP template (Fe3O4@PC-CDs-Au) for biomedical applications, including magnetic/NIR-responsive drug release, multicolor cell imaging, and enhanced photothermal therapy. The synthesis of the Fe3O4@PC-CDs-Au NPs firstly inv...

In this work, three different generations of Poly(amidoamine) dendrimers (PAMAM) decorated on magnetic Fe3O4 composites (Fe3O4@SiO2–G1, Fe3O4@SiO2–G3, Fe3O4@SiO2–G5) were fabricated and characterized by FTIR, XRD, TEM, TGA, VSM XPS. The obtained used for Cr(VI) removal. Batch adsorption studies showed that the reached equilibrium within 60 min, optimal pH was 3.0. result kinetics simulated pseu...

Nontoxic nanoparticle contrast agents with multiple imaging functions are required for medical diagnostic imaging, and coating the less toxic materials meets this requirement. This work proposes a method fabricating magnetite, gold (Au), silica nanoparticles toward imaging. The proposed involved four steps: synthesis of magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles, Au formation composite Fe3O4 (Fe3O4/Au), F...