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In the 21st century, new and alternative non-radioactive methods for cancer treatment have been developed. One of this is magnetic hyperthermia (MH), which is based on the ability of magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) to transduce electromagnetic…
Psoriasis is a long-term inflammatory skin disease that remains difficult to treat. In this study, we developed a new topical treatment by combining metal oxide nanoparticles: cerium oxide (CeO2), zinc oxide (ZnO), and silver (Ag), with…
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables non-invasive 3D thermometry during thermal ablation of cancerous tumors. While T1 or T2 contrast MRI are relatively insensitive to temperature, techniques with greater temperature sensitivity such as…
In this report we present systematic magnetic studies of pure iron oxide nanoparticles and gold iron oxide nanocomposite with increasing Au particle size/content. For the magnetic studies of these samples we have measured: (1) zero field…
Microparticles ranging from sub-microns to millimeter in size are a common form of matter in magnetic fusion environment, and they are highly mobile due to their small mass. Different forces in addition to gravity can affect their motion…
There has been renewed interest in the use of magnetic nanoparticles to convert high frequency electromagnetic energy into heat. During the last decade, numerous examples in the field of catalysis, lightweight thermoplastic composites for…
Proton (and ion) cancer therapy has proven to be an extremely effective even supe-rior method of treatment for some tumors 1-4. A major problem, however, lies in the cost of the particle accelerator facilities; high procurement costs…
Heating magnetic nanoparticles with high frequency magnetic fields is a topic of interest for biological applications (magnetic hyperthermia) as well as for heterogeneous catalysis. This study shows why FeC NPs of similar structures and…
Nanocomposite oxide high-temperature bulk superconductors can be used as quasi-magnets. Thanks to the recent progress of material processing, quasi-magnet with 26 mm diameter can generate a large field of 17.6 T at 26 K. These results are…
Bi, a high atom number element, has a high photoelectric absorption coefficient, and Se element has anticancer activity. Hence, their compound chalcogenide (Bi2Se3) deserves a thorough investigation for biomedical applications. This study…
In order to better understand the transition from quantum to classical behavior in spin system, electron magnetic resonance (EMR) is studied in suspensions of superparamagnetic magnetite nanoparticles with an average diameter of ~ 9 nm and…
Superparamagnetic nanoparticles containing hundreds and thousands of coupled electron spins are on the boundary between classical and quantum behavior, and demonstrate features which are typical for paramagnetic spins and absent in…
We consider a general problem of laser pulse heating of spherical metal particles with the sizes ranging from nanometers to millimeters. We employ the exact Mie solutions of the diffraction problem and solve heat-transfer equations to…
Magnetic hyperthermia treatment (MHT) utilizes heat generated from magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) under an alternating magnetic field (AMF) for therapeutic applications. Gadolinium silicide (Gd5Si4) has emerged as a promising MHT candidate…
Over the last decades, the use of magnetic nanoparticles in research and commercial applications has increased dramatically. However, direct detection of trace quantities remains a challenge in terms of equipment cost, operating conditions…
Using a novel protocol for mixing oppositely charged colloids and macromolecules, magnetic clusters and rods are fabricated using 10 nm-iron oxide nanoparticles and polymers. Here, we show that as the dispersions undergo the so-called…
Breast cancer is a disease in which cells in the breast grow out of control. After surgery, chemotherapy, and other invasive treatments, hyperthermia is a suitable choice with the minimal side effects. In this paper, the treatment of breast…
According to the classical laws of magnetism, the shape of magnetically soft objects limits the effective susceptibility. For example, spherical soft magnets cannot display an effective susceptibility larger than 3. Although this is true…
We report in-situ synthesis of iron oxide particles inside silicon nitride nanopores via a chemical reaction, monitored by current readout. Nanopores were formed by electroporation on glass chips (diameters from 1.7 to 11.3 nm),…
Based on our analytical results [http://arxiv.org/abs/1006.3670], we predict that undoped nanoparticles (size <10-100nm) of incipient ferroelectrics without any magnetic ions can become ferromagnetic even at room temperatures due to the…