Magnetic Nanoparticles
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2011) | Viewed by 44532
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Dear Colleagues,
Magnetic micro- and nanoparticles have been used in biological and biomedical investigations since the 1920s when Heilbrunn and Seifritz first used the forces on these particles to examine the rheological properties of cells. Since that time, myriad uses for these particles have arisen and much progress has been made in synthesis techniques and bio-functionalization. Superparamagnetic iron oxides are routinely used in the clinic today as MRI contrast agents and are found in many pathology laboratories around the world where they are used to tag cells for cell separation and immunoassay. More recent, novel uses include binding to specific cell receptors to control cell function and stem cell differentiation for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, as well as magnetic targeting for drug and gene delivery and magnetic fluid hyperthermia. This issue will cover a variety of topics related to the use of MNPs in biomedicine and examine both novel synthesis and functionalization techniques as well as their current and future uses in biomedical research, diagnostics and therapy.
Prof. Dr. Jon Dobson
Guest Editor
Keywords
- magnetic nanoparticles
- biomedical
- superparamagnetic
- tissue engineering
- regenerative medicine
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