The technique of laser ablation in liquids is applied to produce of Boron-containing nanoparticles from ablation of a Fe2B bulk target enriched in 10B isotope. Laser ablation of the target in liquid isopropanol results in partial disproportionation to free Fe and Boron while nanoparticles of Fe2B are also presented. Nanoparticles are magnetic and can be collected using a permanent magnet. Average size of nanoparticles is of 15 nm. The content of 10B in generated nanoparticles amounts to 76,9 %. Nanoparticles are biocompatible and can be used in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy.
@article{arxiv.2109.03608,
title = {Laser ablation of Fe$_2$B target enriched in 10B content for boron neutron capture therapy},
author = {Ekaterina V. Barmina and Irina N. Zavestovskaya and Anna I. Kasatova and Dmitry S. Petrunya and Oleg V. Uvarov and Vladimir V. Saraykin and Margarita I. Zhilnikova and Valery V. Voronov and Georgy A. Shafeev and Sergey Yu. Taskaev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.03608},
year = {2021}
}