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ReviewNature protocols2023

Scale-up approach for the preparation of magnetic ferrite nanocubes and other shapes with benchmark performance for magnetic hyperthermia applications.

Helena Gavilán, Giusy M R Rizzo, Niccolò Silvestri, Binh T Mai, Teresa Pellegrino

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Review in Nature protocols, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Helena Gavilán *Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy. helena.gavilan@iit.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2071-628X
Giusy M R Rizzo *Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
Niccolò SilvestriIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
Binh T MaiIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
Teresa PellegrinoIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy. teresa.pellegrino@iit.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5518-1134

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Magnetic nanoparticles are increasingly used in medical applications, including cancer treatment by magnetic hyperthermia. This protocol describes a solvothermal-based process to prepare, at the gram scale, ferrite nanoparticles with well-defined shape, i.e., nanocubes, nanostars and other faceted nanoparticles, and with fine control of structural/magnetic properties to achieve point-of-reference magnetic hyperthermia performance. This straightforward method comprises simple steps: (i) making a homogeneous alcoholic solution of a surfactant and an alkyl amine; (ii) adding an organometallic metal precursor together with an aldehyde molecule, which acts as the key shape directing agent; and (iii) reacting the mixture in an autoclave for solvothermal crystallization. The shape of the ferrite nanoparticles can be controlled by the structure of the aldehyde ligand. Benzaldehyde and its aromatic derivatives favor the formation of cubic ferrite nanoparticles while aliphatic aldehydes result in spherical nanoparticles. The replacement of the primary amine, used in the nanocubes synthesis, with a secondary/tertiary amine results in nanoparticles with star-like shape. The well-defined control in terms of shape, narrow size distribution (below 5%), compositional tuning and crystallinity guarantees the preparation, at the gram scale, of nanocubes/star-like nanoparticles that possess, under magnetic field conditions of clinical use, specific adsorption rates comparable to or even superior to those obtained through thermal decomposition methods, which are typically prepared at the milligram scale. Here, gram-scale nanoparticle products with benchmark features for magnetic hyperthermia applications can be prepared in ~10 h with an average level of expertise in chemistry.

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BenchmarkingHyperthermia, InducedFerric CompoundsMagnetic FieldsMagneticsFerric Compoundsferrite

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