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ArticleACS nano2017

Asymmetric Assembling of Iron Oxide Nanocubes for Improving Magnetic Hyperthermia Performance.

Dina Niculaes, Aidin Lak, George C Anyfantis, Sergio Marras, Oliver Laslett, Sahitya K Avugadda, Marco Cassani, David Serantes, Ondrej Hovorka, Roy Chantrell and 1 more

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Article in ACS nano, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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47citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 139 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Dina NiculaesIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
Aidin LakIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
George C AnyfantisIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
Sergio MarrasIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
Oliver LaslettEngineering and the Environment, University of Southampton , Southampton SO16 7QF, United Kingdom.
Sahitya K AvugaddaIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
Marco CassaniIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
David SerantesApplied Physics Department and Instituto de Investigacións Tecnolóxicas, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela , 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3860-2133
Ondrej HovorkaEngineering and the Environment, University of Southampton , Southampton SO16 7QF, United Kingdom.
Roy ChantrellDepartment of Physics, University of York , York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
Teresa PellegrinoIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5518-1134
Italian Institute of Technology · ITUniversity of Southampton · GBUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela · ESUniversity of York · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Magnetic hyperthermia (MH) based on magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) is a promising adjuvant therapy for cancer treatment. Particle clustering leading to complex magnetic interactions affects the heat generated by MNPs during MH. The heat efficiencies, theoretically predicted, are still poorly understood because of a lack of control of the fabrication of such clusters with defined geometries and thus their functionality. This study aims to correlate the heating efficiency under MH of individually coated iron oxide nanocubes (IONCs) versus soft colloidal nanoclusters made of small groupings of nanocubes arranged in different geometries. The controlled clustering of alkyl-stabilized IONCs is achieved here during the water transfer procedure by tuning the fraction of the amphiphilic copolymer, poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride) cumene-terminated, to the nanoparticle surface. It is found that increasing the polymer-to-nanoparticle surface ratio leads to the formation of increasingly large nanoclusters with defined geometries. When compared to the individual nanocubes, we show here that controlled grouping of nanoparticles-so-called "dimers" and "trimers" composed of two and three nanocubes, respectively-increases specific absorption rate (SAR) values, while conversely, forming centrosymmetric clusters having more than four nanocubes leads to lower SAR values. Magnetization measurements and Monte Carlo-based simulations support the observed SAR trend and reveal the importance of the dipolar interaction effect and its dependence on the details of the particle arrangements within the different clusters.

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Hyperthermia, InducedChemotherapy, AdjuvantColloidsFerric CompoundsHumansMagnetite NanoparticlesMolecular Dynamics SimulationMolecular StructureMonte Carlo MethodNeoplasmsParticle SizeSurface PropertiesColloidsFerric Compoundsferric oxideMagnetite Nanoparticlesannealingcontrolled colloidal clusteringiron oxide nanocubesmagnetic hyperthermiaMonte Carlo simulationpoly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride)specific absorption rate

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PMID29155560
PMCPMC6097834
OpenAlexW2770378417

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