Fuentes-García J A, Diaz-Cano A I, Guillen-Cervantes A, Santoyo-Salazar J
UPIITA-Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 07340, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Departamento de Física, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CINVESTAV-IPN, Av. IPN 2508, Zacatenco, 07360, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Sci Rep. 2018 Mar 23;8(1):5096. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-23460-w.
Currently, superparamagnetic functionalized systems of magnetite (FeO) nanoparticles (NPs) are promising options for applications in hyperthermia therapy, drug delivery and diagnosis. FeO NPs below 20 nm have stable single domains (SSD), which can be oriented by magnetic field application. Dispersion of FeO NPs in silicon dioxide (SiO) matrix allows local SSD response with uniaxial anisotropy and orientation to easy axis, 90° <001> or 180° <111>. A successful, easy methodology to produce FeO NPs (6-17 nm) has been used with the Stöber modification. NPs were embedded in amorphous and biocompatible SiO matrix by mechanical stirring in citrate and tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS). FeO NPs dispersion was sampled in the range of 2-12 h to observe the SiO matrix formation as time function. TEM characterization identified optimal conditions at 4 h stirring for separation of SSD FeO in SiO matrix. Low magnetization (M) of 0.001 emu and a coercivity (H) of 24.75 Oe indicate that the embedded SSD FeO in amorphous SiO reduces the M by a diamagnetic barrier. Magnetic force microscopy (MFM) showed SSD FeO of 1.2 nm on average embedded in SiO matrix with uniaxial anisotropy response according to Fe and Fe electron spin coupling and rotation by intrinsic Neél contribution.
目前,磁铁矿(FeO)纳米颗粒(NPs)的超顺磁性功能化系统在热疗、药物递送和诊断应用中是很有前景的选择。低于20纳米的FeO NPs具有稳定的单畴(SSD),可通过施加磁场使其取向。FeO NPs在二氧化硅(SiO)基质中的分散允许局部SSD响应,具有单轴各向异性并易于取向到易轴,90°<001>或180°<111>。一种成功且简便的制备FeO NPs(6 - 17纳米)的方法已用于斯托伯改性。通过在柠檬酸盐和正硅酸四乙酯(TEOS)中机械搅拌,将NPs嵌入无定形且生物相容的SiO基质中。在2 - 12小时范围内对FeO NPs分散体进行取样,以观察SiO基质形成随时间的变化。透射电子显微镜(TEM)表征确定了在搅拌4小时时,SSD FeO在SiO基质中分离的最佳条件。0.001 emu的低磁化强度(M)和24.75 Oe的矫顽力(H)表明,嵌入无定形SiO中的SSD FeO通过抗磁屏障降低了M。磁力显微镜(MFM)显示,平均粒径为1.