The study was based on understanding the relationship between titanium (Ti) doping amount and magnetic heating performance of magnetite (Fe3O4). Superparamagnetic nanosized Ti-doped ((Fe1?x,Tix)3O4; x = 0.02, 0.03 0.05) particles were synthesized by sol-gel technique. In addition to (Fe1?x,Tix)3O4 nanoparticles, SiO2 coated nanoparticles produced as core-shell structures understand effects sili...

Superparamagnetic nanoparticles are promising candidates for gene delivery into mammalian somatic cells and may be useful for reproductive cloning using the somatic cell nuclear transfer technique. However, limited investigations of their potential applications in animal genetics and breeding, particularly multiple-gene delivery by magnetofection, have been performed. Here, we developed a stabl...

Spin and Orbital Moments and Magnetic Order in Fe3O4 Nanoparticle Assemblies Yanping Cai Department of Physics and Astronomy Master of Science Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles of 5 to 11 nm in size were prepared by organic methods. Particle size was analyzed by both X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) techniques. Zero Field Cooling (ZFC) / Field Cooling (FC) and magne...

A major challenge in cancer therapy is localized targeting of cancer cells for maximum therapeutic effectiveness. However, due to cancer heterogeneities, the biomarkers are either not readily available or specific for effective targeting of cancer cells. The key, therefore, is to develop a new targeting strategy that does not rely on biomarkers. A general hallmark of cancer cells is the much in...

This study investigated the applicability of polyethylene glycol (PEG-4000) coated Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles for the selective removal of toxic pb (II) ion from wastewater. The Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles of 24 nm were synthesized using a coprecipitation method and characterized by Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), vibratingsample magnetometer (VSM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). SEM image...

BACKGROUND Iron oxide nanoparticles are of considerable interest because of their use in magnetic recording tape, ferrofluid, magnetic resonance imaging, drug delivery, and treatment of cancer. The specific morphology of nanoparticles confers an ability to load, carry, and release different types of drugs. METHODS AND RESULTS We synthesized superparamagnetic nanoparticles containing pure iron...

Stable magnetic nanofluids containing Fe3O4@Polypyrrole (PPy) nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared by using a facile and novel method, in which one-pot route was used. FeCl3·6H2O was applied as the iron source, and the oxidizing agent to produce PPy. Trisodium citrate (Na3cit) was used as the reducing reagent to form Fe3O4 NPs. The as-prepared nanofluid can keep long-term stability. The Fe3O4@PPy ...

Encapsulated Fe3O4 nanoparticles of average diameters d = 12 nm are obtained by coprecipitation, in the presence of 2-methoxyethanol hemiester of poly(maleic anhydride-alt-butyl vinyl ether) 5% grafted with poly(ethylene glycol) (VP-MAG nanoparticles). A complete characterization of nude and encapsulated nanoparticles through structural techniques (namely XRD, TEM, SEM), Raman spectroscopy and ...

Iron oxide exhibits fascinating physical properties especially in the nanometer range, not only from the standpoint of basic science, but also for a variety of engineering, particularly biomedical applications. For instance, Fe3O4 behaves as superparamagnetic as the particle size is reduced to a few nanometers in the single-domain region depending on the type of the material. The superparamagne...

Iron oxide exhibits fascinating physical properties especially in the nanometer range, not only from the standpoint of basic science, but also for a variety of engineering, particularly biomedical applications. For instance, Fe3O4 behaves as superparamagnetic as the particle size is reduced to a few nanometers in the single-domain region depending on the type of the material. The superparamagne...