Preparation and characterization of ferromagnetic fluids for hyperthermia of tumor

Aim To prepare and characterize ferromagnetic fluids for hyperthermia of tumor. Methods Ferromagnetic fluids （FFs） of magnetite （Fe3O4） was prepared in the presence of polyethylene glycol （PEG-6000） by chemical precipitation method. The iron content of the FFs was determined by spectrophotometric method using o-phenanthroline. The FFs/PEG-6000 was characterized by transmission electron microscopy （TEM）, X-ray diffraction （XRD）, infrared spectrometry （IR）, and vibrating sample magnetometer （VSM）. Heating effects of the FFs was measured in an alternating magnetic field in vitro. The hyperthermia of FFs in a rabbit was performed. Results The FFs/PEG-6000 was proved to be composed of Fe3O4 by XRD and IR. TEM showed that the ferromagnetic particles appeared to be almost spherical and dispersed well The average particle size was 13.3 ± 3.8 nm by XRD. The saturation magnetization and residual magnetization of the FFs were 23.39 A/m （1.556 emu/g） and 0.56 A/m （0.02604 emu/g）, respectively. The coercive force was 12 Oe. The specific absorption rate （SAR） of FFs was 69 ± 10W/g [Fe]. After direct injection of FFs to hepatic VX2 carcinoma of a rabbit, the temperature in the core of the tumor was between 41 - 46 ℃ in an alternating magnetic field. Conclusion FFs/PEG-6000 was expected to be useful in hyperthermia of tumor.

Linear stability of triple-diffusive convection in micropolar ferromagnetic fluid saturating porous medium

The triple-diffusive convection in a micropolar ferromagnetic fluid layer heated and soluted from below is considered in the presence of a transverse uniform magnetic field. An exact solution is obtained for a flat fluid layer contained between two free boundaries. A linear stability analysis and a normal mode analysis method are carried out to study the onset convection. For stationary convection, various parameters such as the medium permeability, the solute gradients, the non-buoyancy magnetization, and the micropolar parameters （i.e., the coupling parameter, the spin diffusion parameter, and the micropolar heat conduction parameter） are analyzed. The critical magnetic thermal Rayleigh number for the onset of instability is determined numerically for a sufficiently large value of the buoyancy magnetization parameter M1. The principle of exchange of stabilities is found to be true for the micropolar fluid heated from below in the absence of the micropolar viscous effect, the microinertia, and the solute gradients. The micropolar viscous effect, the microinertia, and the solute gradient introduce oscillatory modes, which are non-existent in their absence. Sufficient conditions for the non-existence of overstability are also obtained.

Preparation and characterization of ferromagnetic fluids modified by carboxyl PEG

To prepare and characterize the ferromagnetic fluid of Fe304 modified by carboxyl PEG （FF/carboxyl PEG） for hyperthermia of tumor, the magnetic nanoparticles （NPs） of Fe304 were prepared by chemical co-precipitation method, and then modified with carboxyl PEG. The iron content of FFs was determined by spectrophotometric method using o-phenanthroline. The stability of FF/carboxyl PEG was assessed by the sedimentation method. FF/carboxyl PEG was characterized by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, transmission electron microscopy （TEM）, infrared spectrometry （IR） and vibrating sample magnetometer （VSM）. Heating effect of FF/carboxyl PEG was measured in an alternating magnetic field in vitro. The stability of FF/carboxyl PEG was much better than that of unmodified ferromagnetic fluid. FF/carboxyl PEG was proved to be composed of Fe304 by both XRD and IR. TEM showed that the ferromagnetic particles were well-dispersed. The average particle size was calculated as 5 nm by XRD. The saturation magnetization and residual magnetization of FF/carboxyl PEG were 47.01 and 3.41 emu/g, respectively. The coercive force was 6.70e. The specific absorption rate （SAR） of the FF/carboxyl PEG was 63.0 W/g[Fe]. The FF/carboxyl PEG shows the promise for hyperthermia of tumor.

Hybrid Isothermal Model for the Ferrohydrodynamic Chemically Reactive Species

A hybrid isothermal model for the homogeneous-heterogeneous reactions in ferrohydrodynamic boundary layer ?ow is established. The characteristics of Newtonian heating and magnetic dipole in a ferro?uid due to a stretchable surface is analyzed for three chemical species. It is presumed that the isothermal cubic autocatalator kinetic gives the homogeneous reaction and the ?rst order kinetics gives the heterogeneous(surface) reaction. The analysis is carried out for equal diffusion coe?cients of all autocatalyst and reactions. Heat ?ux is examined by incorporating Fourier's law of heat conduction. Characteristics of materialized parameters on the magneto-thermomechanical coupling in the ?ow of a chemically reactive species are investigated. Further, the heat transfer rate and friction drag are depicted for the ferrohydrodynamic chemically reactive species. It is evident that the Schmidt number has increasing behavior on the rate of heat transfer in the boundary layer. Comparison with available results for speci?c cases is found an excellent agreement.