Magnetic nanostructures are of great interest as platforms for medical applications, including biomedical imaging and targeted cancer therapy. However, current magnetic nanostructures are limited by magnetic strength and insufficient biocompatibility. In this research project, significant progress was made to address these confines, including 1) increasing magnetic responsiveness by replacing the core of the nanostructures with metals or their alloys (i.e., FePt, CoFe2O4, and MnFe2O4); and 2) increasing biocompatibility by separating the fluorescent dye and silica into two separate outer shells of the nanostructure to prevent the potentially harmful dye from coming in direct contact with the body.

Last modified

• 07/18/2018

Creator

• Mohammed Aslam
• Jagannath Sam Nayak
• Vinayak Dravid

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/N2RM6T

Keyword

• Volume 4

Date created

• 2007

Resource type

• Article

Rights statement

• In Copyright