Application- and Property-Specific Tailored Nanosized Magnetic Materials

A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 17217

Special Issue Editor

National Institute for Materials Physics, 077125 Magurele, Romania
Interests: magnetic nanomaterials; exchange spring and exchange bias; spintronics; THz technologies
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In the field of nanometer-sized magnetic materials, there is continuous research effort to shift the paradigm toward a variety of technological applications that use novel properties and phenomena linked with the downsizing of the magnetic entity, such as magnetic nanoparticles, nanograins, magnetic dots, magnetic molecules, or monolayers. Steady and continuous advancement in the field of nanosized magnetic materials is overwhelming and has generally been achieved as a response to a specific application, property, or technological need. As research in this field is predominantly application- and property-oriented, for this Special Issue, we welcome original contributions that present the development of nanosized magnetic materials, specifically tailored for applications in a diversity of disciplines, such as, but not limited to, solid-state physics, nanoelectronics, biology, metallurgical engineering, materials science, solid-state chemistry, electrochemistry, nanosciences, and so on. We also welcome interdisciplinary contributions, as nanosized magnetic materials have a tremendous range of applicability for almost every aspect of contemporary technology: artificial intelligence, machine learning, automotive, sensoring, photonics, renewable energy, biomedical applications, high-tech, information and communications technologies, environment, space and security applications, power generation and many others. Together with the Editorial Board, we will maintain an expedited article processing procedure, including a competent, transparent, and fast peer review, to ensure the fastest dissemination of your research results.

Dr. Ovidiu Alexandru Crisan
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Nanomaterials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Published Papers (5 papers)

Order results
Result details
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:

Research

Jump to: Review

16 pages, 3596 KiB  
Article
Multifunctional Magneto-Plasmonic Fe3O4/Au Nanocomposites: Approaching Magnetophoretically-Enhanced Photothermal Therapy
by Iuliia Mukha, Oksana Chepurna, Nadiia Vityuk, Alina Khodko, Liudmyla Storozhuk, Volodymyr Dzhagan, Dietrich R.T. Zahn, Vasilis Ntziachristos, Andriy Chmyrov and Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy
Nanomaterials 2021, 11(5), 1113; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11051113 - 25 Apr 2021
Cited by 21 | Viewed by 3077
Abstract
Magneto-plasmonic nanocomposites can possess properties inherent to both individual components (iron oxide and gold nanoparticles) and are reported to demonstrate high potential in targeted drug delivery and therapy. Herein, we report on Fe3O4/Au magneto-plasmonic nanocomposites (MPNC) synthesized with the [...] Read more.
Magneto-plasmonic nanocomposites can possess properties inherent to both individual components (iron oxide and gold nanoparticles) and are reported to demonstrate high potential in targeted drug delivery and therapy. Herein, we report on Fe3O4/Au magneto-plasmonic nanocomposites (MPNC) synthesized with the use of amino acid tryptophan via chemical and photochemical reduction of Au ions in the presence of nanosized magnetite. The magnetic field (MF) induced aggregation was accompanied by an increase in the absorption in the near-infrared (NIR) spectral region, which was demonstrated to provide an enhanced photothermal (PT) effect under NIR laser irradiation (at 808 nm). A possibility for therapeutic application of the MPNC was illustrated using cancer cells in vitro. Cultured HeLa cells were treated by MPNC in the presence of MF and without it, following laser irradiation and imaging using confocal laser scanning microscopy. After scanning laser irradiation of the MPNC/MF treated cells, a formation and rise of photothermally-induced microbubbles on the cell surfaces was observed, leading to a damage of the cell membrane and cell destruction. We conclude that the synthesized magneto-plasmonic Fe3O4/Au nanosystems exhibit magnetic field-induced reversible aggregation accompanied by an increase in NIR absorption, allowing for an opportunity to magnetophoretically control and locally enhance a NIR light-induced thermal effect, which holds high promise for the application in photothermal therapy. Full article
Show Figures

Figure 1

18 pages, 3214 KiB  
Article
Polyethylene Glycol Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles: Hybrid Nanofluid Formulation, Properties and Drug Delivery Prospects
by Rashmi Mannu, Vaithinathan Karthikeyan, Nandakumar Velu, Chandravadhana Arumugam, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy, Anantha-Iyengar Gopalan, Gopalan Saianand, Prashant Sonar, Kwang-Pill Lee, Wha-Jung Kim, Dong-Eun Lee and Venkatramanan Kannan
Nanomaterials 2021, 11(2), 440; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11020440 - 09 Feb 2021
Cited by 31 | Viewed by 3943
Abstract
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are widely used materials for biomedical applications owing to their intriguing chemical, biological and magnetic properties. The evolution of MNP based biomedical applications (such as hyperthermia treatment and drug delivery) could be advanced using magnetic nanofluids (MNFs) designed with a [...] Read more.
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are widely used materials for biomedical applications owing to their intriguing chemical, biological and magnetic properties. The evolution of MNP based biomedical applications (such as hyperthermia treatment and drug delivery) could be advanced using magnetic nanofluids (MNFs) designed with a biocompatible surface coating strategy. This study presents the first report on the drug loading/release capability of MNF formulated with methoxy polyethylene glycol (referred to as PEG) coated MNP in aqueous (phosphate buffer) fluid. We have selected MNPs (NiFe2O4, CoFe2O4 and Fe3O4) coated with PEG for MNF formulation and evaluated the loading/release efficacy of doxorubicin (DOX), an anticancer drug. We have presented in detail the drug loading capacity and the time-dependent cumulative drug release of DOX from PEG-coated MNPs based MNFs. Specifically, we have selected three different MNPs (NiFe2O4, CoFe2O4 and Fe3O4) coated with PEG for the MNFs and compared their variance in the loading/release efficacy of DOX, through experimental results fitting into mathematical models. DOX loading takes the order in the MNFs as CoFe2O4 > NiFe2O4 > Fe3O4. Various drug release models were suggested and evaluated for the individual MNP based NFs. While the non-Fickian diffusion (anomalous) model fits for DOX release from PEG coated CoFe2O4, PEG coated NiFe2O4 NF follows zero-order kinetics with a slow drug release rate of 1.33% of DOX per minute. On the other hand, PEG coated NiFe2O4 follows zero-order DOX release. Besides, several thermophysical properties and magnetic susceptibility of the MNFs of different concentrations have been studied by dispersing the MNPs (NiFe2O4, CoFe2O4 and Fe3O4) in the base fluid at 300 K under ultrasonication. This report on the DOX loading/release capability of MNF will set a new paradigm in view that MNF can resolve problems related to the self-heating of drug carriers during mild laser treatment with its thermal conducting properties. Full article
Show Figures

Figure 1

11 pages, 2289 KiB  
Article
Empirical Expression for AC Magnetization Harmonics of Magnetic Nanoparticles under High-Frequency Excitation Field for Thermometry
by Zhongzhou Du, Dandan Wang, Yi Sun, Yuki Noguchi, Shi Bai and Takashi Yoshida
Nanomaterials 2020, 10(12), 2506; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10122506 - 14 Dec 2020
Cited by 2 | Viewed by 1619
Abstract
The Fokker–Planck equation accurately describes AC magnetization dynamics of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). However, the model for describing AC magnetization dynamics of MNPs based on Fokker-Planck equation is very complicated and the numerical calculation of Fokker-Planck function is time consuming. In the stable stage [...] Read more.
The Fokker–Planck equation accurately describes AC magnetization dynamics of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). However, the model for describing AC magnetization dynamics of MNPs based on Fokker-Planck equation is very complicated and the numerical calculation of Fokker-Planck function is time consuming. In the stable stage of AC magnetization response, there are differences in the harmonic phase and amplitude between the stable magnetization response of MNPs described by Langevin and Fokker–Planck equation. Therefore, we proposed an empirical model for AC magnetization harmonics to compensate the attenuation of harmonics amplitude induced by a high frequency excitation field. Simulation and experimental results show that the proposed model accurately describes the AC MH curve. Moreover, we propose a harmonic amplitude–temperature model of a magnetic nanoparticle thermometer (MNPT) in a high-frequency excitation field. The simulation results show that the temperature error is less than 0.008 K in the temperature range 310–320 K. The proposed empirical model is expected to help improve MNPT performance. Full article
Show Figures

Figure 1

12 pages, 2106 KiB  
Article
Mn-Induced Thermal Stability of L10 Phase in Fept Magnetic Nanoscale Ribbons
by Alina Daniela Crisan, Aurel Leca, Dan Pantelica, Ioan Dan and Ovidiu Crisan
Nanomaterials 2020, 10(7), 1278; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10071278 - 30 Jun 2020
Viewed by 1920
Abstract
Magnetic nanoscale materials exhibiting the L10 tetragonal phase such as FePt or ternary alloys derived from FePt show most promising magnetic properties as a novel class of rare earth free permanent magnets with high operating temperature. A granular alloy derived from binary [...] Read more.
Magnetic nanoscale materials exhibiting the L10 tetragonal phase such as FePt or ternary alloys derived from FePt show most promising magnetic properties as a novel class of rare earth free permanent magnets with high operating temperature. A granular alloy derived from binary FePt with low Pt content and the addition of Mn with the nominal composition Fe57Mn8Pt35 has been synthesized in the shape of melt-spun ribbons and subsequently annealed at 600 °C and 700 °C for promoting the formation of single phase, L10 tetragonal, hard magnetic phase. Proton-induced X-ray emission spectroscopy PIXE has been utilized for checking the compositional effect of Mn addition. Structural properties were analyzed using X-ray diffraction and diffractograms were analyzed using full profile Rietveld-type analysis with MAUD (Materials Analysis Using Diffraction) software. By using temperature-dependent synchrotron X-ray diffraction, the disorder–order phase transformation and the stability of the hard magnetic L10 phase were monitored over a large temperature range (50–800 °C). A large interval of structural stability of the L10 phase was observed and this stability was interpreted in terms of higher ordering of the L10 phase promoted by the Mn addition. It was moreover found that both crystal growth and unit cell expansion are inhibited, up to the highest temperature investigated (800 °C), proving thus that the Mn addition stabilizes the formed L10 structure further. Magnetic hysteresis loops confirmed structural data, revealing a strong coercive field for a sample wherein single phase, hard, magnetic tetragonal L10 exists. These findings open good perspectives for use as nanocomposite, rare earth free magnets, working in extreme operation conditions. Full article
Show Figures

Figure 1

Review

Jump to: Research

22 pages, 3628 KiB  
Review
Magnetoelectric Composites: Applications, Coupling Mechanisms, and Future Directions
by Dhiren K. Pradhan, Shalini Kumari and Philip D. Rack
Nanomaterials 2020, 10(10), 2072; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102072 - 20 Oct 2020
Cited by 71 | Viewed by 5927
Abstract
Multiferroic (MF)-magnetoelectric (ME) composites, which integrate magnetic and ferroelectric materials, exhibit a higher operational temperature (above room temperature) and superior (several orders of magnitude) ME coupling when compared to single-phase multiferroic materials. Room temperature control and the switching of magnetic properties via an [...] Read more.
Multiferroic (MF)-magnetoelectric (ME) composites, which integrate magnetic and ferroelectric materials, exhibit a higher operational temperature (above room temperature) and superior (several orders of magnitude) ME coupling when compared to single-phase multiferroic materials. Room temperature control and the switching of magnetic properties via an electric field and electrical properties by a magnetic field has motivated research towards the goal of realizing ultralow power and multifunctional nano (micro) electronic devices. Here, some of the leading applications for magnetoelectric composites are reviewed, and the mechanisms and nature of ME coupling in artificial composite systems are discussed. Ways to enhance the ME coupling and other physical properties are also demonstrated. Finally, emphasis is given to the important open questions and future directions in this field, where new breakthroughs could have a significant impact in transforming scientific discoveries to practical device applications, which can be well-controlled both magnetically and electrically. Full article
Show Figures

Figure 1

Back to TopTop