Aqueous dispersion and stability of Fe304 nanoparticles remain an issue unresolved since aggregation of naked iron nanoparticles in water. In this study, we successfully synthesized different Fe304 super-paramagnetic ...Aqueous dispersion and stability of Fe304 nanoparticles remain an issue unresolved since aggregation of naked iron nanoparticles in water. In this study, we successfully synthesized different Fe304 super-paramagnetic nanoparticles which were modified by three kinds of materials [DSPE-MPEG2000, TiO2 and poly acrylic acid （PAA）] and further detected their characteristics. Trans- mission electron microscopy （TEM） clearly showed sizes and morphology of the four kinds of nanopar- ticles. X-ray diffraction （XRD） proved successfully coating of the three kinds of nanoparticles and their structures were maintained. Vibrating sample magnetometer （VSM） verified that their magnetic proper- ties fitted for the super-paramagnetic function. More importantly, the particle size analysis indicated that Fe304@PAA had a better size distribution, biocompatibility, stability and dispersion than the other two kinds of nanoparticles. In addition, using CNE2 cells as a model, we found that all nanoparticles were nontoxic. Taken together, our data suggest that Fe304@PAA nanoaparticles are superior in the applica- tion of biomedical field among the four kinds ofFe304 nanoparticles in the future.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81172121)
文摘Aqueous dispersion and stability of Fe304 nanoparticles remain an issue unresolved since aggregation of naked iron nanoparticles in water. In this study, we successfully synthesized different Fe304 super-paramagnetic nanoparticles which were modified by three kinds of materials [DSPE-MPEG2000, TiO2 and poly acrylic acid （PAA）] and further detected their characteristics. Trans- mission electron microscopy （TEM） clearly showed sizes and morphology of the four kinds of nanopar- ticles. X-ray diffraction （XRD） proved successfully coating of the three kinds of nanoparticles and their structures were maintained. Vibrating sample magnetometer （VSM） verified that their magnetic proper- ties fitted for the super-paramagnetic function. More importantly, the particle size analysis indicated that Fe304@PAA had a better size distribution, biocompatibility, stability and dispersion than the other two kinds of nanoparticles. In addition, using CNE2 cells as a model, we found that all nanoparticles were nontoxic. Taken together, our data suggest that Fe304@PAA nanoaparticles are superior in the applica- tion of biomedical field among the four kinds ofFe304 nanoparticles in the future.
