Silica-coated Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles for Magnetic Hyperthermia
Yousaf Iqbal · Hongsub Bae · Ashfaq Ahmad · Ilsu Rhee ∗
Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea
Sungwook Hong
Division of Science Education, Daegu University, Gyeongsan 712-714, Korea.
(Received 9 December 2014 : revised 27 January 2015 : accepted 29 January 2015)
We report the synthesis and the characterization of silica-coated cobalt ferrite nanoparticles with a core-shell structure for magnetic hyperthermia. The silica-coated cobalt ferrite nanoparticles were synthesized by using the reverse micelle method. X-Ray diffraction (XRD) confirmed the crystallinity of the cubic spinel structure. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results depicted a spherical core-shell structure with a uniform size distribution of nanoparticles having an average diameter of 17 nm. The binding of the silica on the surface of the cobalt ferrite nanoparticles was revealed by using measurements made with a Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR). The saturation magnetization of our synthesized nanoparticles was 42.4 emu/g, as measured by using a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). Moreover, the specific absorption rate of the nanoparticles dispersed in water at a concentration of 30 mg/ml was investigated in an alternating magnetic field of 1.03 kA/m with a frequency of 260 kHz. The nanoparticles showed significant heat release, demonstrating their potential for magnetic hyperthermia.
PACS numbers: 81.05.Ni, 76.60.Es, 61.46.Df, 87.61.-c
Keywords: Cobalt ferrite, Silica coating, Magnetic hyperthermia, Specific absorption rate (SAR).
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