Famiani, S;
LaGrow, AP;
Besenhard, MO;
Maenosono, S;
Nguyen, TKT;
(2018)
Synthesis of Fine-Tuning Highly Magnetic Fe@FexOy Nanoparticles through Continuous Injection and a Study of Magnetic Hyperthermia.
Chemistry of Materials
, 30
(24)
pp. 8897-8904.
10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04056.
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Abstract
Core@shell Fe@FexOy nanoparticles (NPs) have the potential to be promising tools for many applications, thanks to their combination of an iron core, with a high magnetic moment and an iron oxide shell which could protect the core from oxidation. However, the deterioration of NPs structure can lead to the shrinking of the core and the hollowing of the structure, diminishing the magnetic properties. The ability to retain the iron core under biomedically compatible conditions is desirable for many applications. In this paper, we have developed a synthetic method to produce core@shell α-Fe@FexOy NPs with tunable sizes and evaluated the retention of the stable magnetic α-Fe core upon exposure to air and after ligand exchange and its resulting effect on the magnetic hyperthermia. In particular, using a continuous injection of the precursor, we were able to finely tune the final size of the core@shell NPs producing four samples with average sizes of 12, 15, 18, and 20 nm. The structural properties of the particles were studied, and while the size increases, the chemical stability of the iron core is enhanced, and the magnetic properties improved accordingly. Particles larger than 20 nm were shown to be prone to aggregation, resulting in an abrupt increase of the particle size distribution. Two samples with high magnetization saturation value and low polydispersity, 15 and 18 nm, were transferred in water using a dopamine-functionalized poly(isobutylene-alt-maleic anhydride) polymer, resulting in colloidal stability over a wide range of pH and ionic strength comparable to physiological conditions. We found that the 18 nm particles retain their chemical properties over 2 months, with less oxidation of the Fe core; this results in a specific absorption rate (SAR) value of 660 W g−1 and intrinsic loss power (ILP) of 3.6 nHm2 kg−1 , while the 15 nm NPs resulted in the reduction of their properties due to oxidation of the core.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Synthesis of Fine-Tuning Highly Magnetic Fe@FexOy Nanoparticles through Continuous Injection and a Study of Magnetic Hyperthermia |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04056 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04056 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2018 American Chemical Society. This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the author and source are cited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10066530 |
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