scholarly journals Applications of magnetic and multiferroic core/shell nanostructures and their physical properties

DYNA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 85 (207) ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
Claudia Milena Bedoya-Hincapié ◽  
Elisabeth Restrepo-Parra ◽  
Luis Demetrio López-Carreño

The potential of nanotechnology in the biomedical field has been crucial for contributing to the possibility of efficiently meeting present necessities with novel materials. Over the last few decades, nanostructures with a core/shell structure have attracted significant attention because of the possibility of changing their physical properties by varying their chemistry and geometry. These structures have become relevant in targeted therapy (drug delivery and treatments to complement chemotherapy and radiotherapy), imaging and in the stimulation of cellular functions. Thus in this paper the current development of core/shell nanostructures is reviewed, emphasizing the physical properties of those that have been proposed as potentially having biomedical applications, which are based in a magnetic behavior or in a mixture of magnetic and electric (multiferroic) phenomena.

Macromol ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-172
Author(s):  
Aristeidis Papagiannopoulos

Polyelectrolytes have been at the center of interdisciplinary research for many decades. In the field of polymer science and soft matter, they have provided the dimensions of electrostatic interactions, which opens a vast variety of opportunities for new physical properties and applications. In biological matter, polyelectrolytes are present in many forms, from extracellular polysaccharides to complex DNA molecules and proteins. This review discusses the recent research on polyelectrolytes covering the fundamental level of their conformations and nanostructures, their molecular interactions with materials that have close relevance to bioapplications and their applications in the biomedical field. This approach is motivated by the fact that the polyelectrolyte research is constantly active in all the aforementioned levels and continually affects many critical scientific areas.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 11075
Author(s):  
Angela Spoială ◽  
Cornelia-Ioana Ilie ◽  
Luminița Narcisa Crăciun ◽  
Denisa Ficai ◽  
Anton Ficai ◽  
...  

The interconnection of nanotechnology and medicine could lead to improved materials, offering a better quality of life and new opportunities for biomedical applications, moving from research to clinical applications. Magnetite nanoparticles are interesting magnetic nanomaterials because of the property-depending methods chosen for their synthesis. Magnetite nanoparticles can be coated with various materials, resulting in “core/shell” magnetic structures with tunable properties. To synthesize promising materials with promising implications for biomedical applications, the researchers functionalized magnetite nanoparticles with silica and, thanks to the presence of silanol groups, the functionality, biocompatibility, and hydrophilicity were improved. This review highlights the most important synthesis methods for silica-coated with magnetite nanoparticles. From the presented methods, the most used was the Stöber method; there are also other syntheses presented in the review, such as co-precipitation, sol-gel, thermal decomposition, and the hydrothermal method. The second part of the review presents the main applications of magnetite-silica core/shell nanostructures. Magnetite-silica core/shell nanostructures have promising biomedical applications in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a contrast agent, hyperthermia, drug delivery systems, and selective cancer therapy but also in developing magnetic micro devices.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 1597-1624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina Kirillova ◽  
Leonid Ionov

Smart polymers that are capable of controlled shape transformations under external stimuli have attracted significant attention in the recent years due to the resemblance of this behavior to the biological intelligence observed in nature. In this review, we focus on the recent progress in the field of shape-morphing polymers, highlighting their most promising applications in the biomedical field.


Author(s):  
A. Kiani ◽  
N. J. Lakhkar ◽  
V. Salih ◽  
M. E. Smith ◽  
J. V. Hanna ◽  
...  

The use of biomaterials has revolutionized the biomedical field and has received substantial attention in the last two decades. Among the various types of biomaterials, phosphate glasses have generated great interest on account of their remarkable bioactivity and favourable physical properties for various biomedical applications relating to both hard and soft tissue regeneration. This review paper focuses mainly on the development of titanium-containing phosphate-based glasses and presents an overview of the structural and physical properties. The effect of titanium incorporation on the glassy network is to introduce favourable properties. The biocompatibility of these glasses is described along with recent developments in processing methodologies, and the potential of Ti-containing phosphate-based glasses as a bone substitute material is explored.


2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 747-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Pavitra ◽  
G. Seeta Rama Raju ◽  
Ganji Purnachandra Nagaraju ◽  
Goli Nagaraju ◽  
Young-Kyu Han ◽  
...  

The synthesized size-tunable Gd2O3@mSi core–shell nanostructures are nontoxic and highly suitable as targeting materials for cancer imaging and therapy.


2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wafa' T. Al-Jamal

Quantum dots are semiconducting nanocrystals that exhibit extraordinary optical properties. QD have shown higher photostability compared to standard organic dye type probes. Therefore, they have been heavily explored in the biomedical field. This review will discuss the different approaches to synthesis, solubilise and functionalise QD. Their main biomedical applications in imaging and photodynamic therapy will be highlighted. Finally, QD biodistribution profile and in vivo toxicity will be discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 3516-3530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuo-Chuan Ho ◽  
Lu-Yin Lin

This review article outlines the most commonly used methods for making the core/shell structures as the active materials for supercapacitors over the past decade (2007–2018), and points out the most efficient combination of the material categories and morphologies for the core/shell structure.


2021 ◽  
Vol 127 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Jena ◽  
D. K. Mishra ◽  
Shyamal Mondal ◽  
Sujay Chakravarty ◽  
Shamima Hussain ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 1032 ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
Jia Li ◽  
Shuai Lin ◽  
Yue Long Ma ◽  
Xian Hua Xu ◽  
Wei Zheng ◽  
...  

The coaxial electrospun fibers with large specific surface area, high porosity and core-shell structure have been great applied in biomedical field, especially as drug delivery carriers. In this paper, PLGA(polylactic acid/glycolic acid copolymer) was used as the core and the mixture of PLGA and gelatin was used as the shell. PLGA/gelatin fiber was prepared by coaxial electrospinning technology. The effects of different parameters on the surface morphology and the diameter of fibers were investigated.


2010 ◽  
Vol 160-162 ◽  
pp. 1582-1587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Chang ◽  
Hong Qiang Ru ◽  
Dao Lun Chen

Pure hydroxyapatite (HA) is brittle and it cannot be directly used for the load-bearing biomedical applications. Aim of this paper was to present a new iron-containing hydroxyapatite/titanium composites synthesized via pressureless sintering at a relatively low temperature of 1000°C using nano-sized HA powders and Ti-33%Fe mixed powders. The microstructure and composition of the new type composites were evaluated. The results showed that the uniformly distributed reinforcing particles had a unique and favorable core/shell microstructure after sintering that consisted of outer titanium and inner iron. The mechanism for the formation of the core/shell structure was discussed. The addition of iron reduced the decomposition rate of HA and the interaction between HA and titanium.


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