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Iron Oxides and Their Silica Nanocomposites as Biocompatible Systems for Biomedical Applications

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Nanophysics, Nanophotonics, Surface Studies, and Applications

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Abstract

This chapter is dedicated to iron oxides as well as their composites, in nanometer scale. Such systems are representatives of magnetic nanoparticles. In this chapter, most popular synthesis routes, properties, and applications, mainly in biomedical fields, will be presented. Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have made a special contribution in the development of many fields of science and industry, e.g., electronic, medicine, biotechnology, and so on. Iron oxides, especially γ-Fe2O3 (maghemite) and Fe3O4 (magnetite), are one of the most primary known examples of MNPs. What is more, they are of still interest to many technologists and are particularly interesting subjects of many researches. A big challenge is to develop optimal conditions for synthesis of the magnetic composites to achieve systems with specific properties, as well as their further study allowing the best usage of the obtained nanocomposites.

The first part of this chapter is devoted to description of magnetic nanoparticles, with the special emphasis to those of iron, such as maghemite and magnetite. The most popular chemical synthesis routes will be referred, as well as their occurrence in natural environment. Moreover, their properties in conjunction with their most popular applications will be shortly described. In the next section of this chapter, the most popular applications of hybrid nanomaterials, based on magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles covered by outer silica layers (mainly in medicine), will be presented.

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Gdula, K., Skwarek, E., Dąbrowski, A. (2016). Iron Oxides and Their Silica Nanocomposites as Biocompatible Systems for Biomedical Applications. In: Fesenko, O., Yatsenko, L. (eds) Nanophysics, Nanophotonics, Surface Studies, and Applications. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 183. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30737-4_43

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