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A Review on Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Biomedical Applications

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The iron oxide nanoparticles have a great attraction in biomedical applications due to their non-toxic role in the biological systems. The iron oxide nanoparticles have both magnetic behaviour and semiconductor property which lead to multifunctional biomedical applications. The iron oxide nanoparticles used in biomedical fields such as antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer were reviewed. The uses of hematite (α-Fe2O3), maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) and magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles, for an inhibition time in biological activities, are listed in this work. Also, this review explains the use of iron oxide nanoparticles in the biomedical fields with particular attention to the application of hematite and superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles. In this review, analysis reveals that the role of iron oxide in biological activity is good due to its biocompatibility, biodegradability, ease of synthesis and different magnetic behaviours. The change of properties of iron oxide nanoparticles such as particle size, morphology, surface, agglomeration and electronic properties has specific impact in biomedical application. The review mainly focused in and discussed about antibacterial, anticancer, bone marrow and cell labelling activities. From this review work, the iron oxide nanoparticle may be specialised in particular bacterial and cancer treatments. Also discussed are the iron oxide nanoparticle-specific biomedical applications like human placenta, insulin and retinal locus treatments.

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Sangaiya, P., Jayaprakash, R. A Review on Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Biomedical Applications. J Supercond Nov Magn 31, 3397–3413 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-018-4841-2

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