SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

L.A. CANO, M.V. CAGNOLI, S.J. STEWART, E.D. CABANILLAS, E.L. ROMERO, AND S.G. MARCHETTI.

Budapest, Hungria

Simposio; International Symposium on the Industrial Applications of the Mössbauer Effect; 2008

Eötvös Loránd University-Hungarian Chemical Society- Institute of Isotopes, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Magnetic nanoparticles offer exciting newopportunities toward developing effective drug deliverysystems, since it is feasible to produce, and specificallytailor their functional properties for these applications.An external localized magnetic field gradient may beapplied to a chosen site to attract drug-loaded magneticnanoparticles from blood circulation. Drug targeting totumors is desirable since anticancer agents demonstratenon-specific toxicities that significantly limit theirtherapeutic potentials