Issue 19, 2016

Studying the effect of Zn-substitution on the magnetic and hyperthermic properties of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles

Abstract

The possibility to finely control nanostructured cubic ferrites (MIIFe2O4) paves the way to design materials with the desired magnetic properties for specific applications. However, the strict and complex interrelation among the chemical composition, size, polydispersity, shape and surface coating renders their correlation with the magnetic properties not trivial to predict. In this context, this work aims to discuss the magnetic properties and the heating abilities of Zn-substituted cobalt ferrite nanoparticles with different zinc contents (ZnxCo1−xFe2O4 with 0 < x < 0.6), specifically prepared with similar particle sizes (∼7 nm) and size distributions having the crystallite size (∼6 nm) and capping agent amount of 15%. All samples have high saturation magnetisation (Ms) values at 5 K (>100 emu g−1). The increase in the zinc content up to x = 0.46 in the structure has resulted in an increase of the saturation magnetisation (Ms) at 5 K. High Ms values have also been revealed at room temperature (∼90 emu g−1) for both CoFe2O4 and Zn0.30Co0.70Fe2O4 samples and their heating ability has been tested. Despite a similar saturation magnetisation, the specific absorption rate value for the cobalt ferrite is three times higher than the Zn-substituted one. DC magnetometry results were not sufficient to justify these data, the experimental conditions of SAR and static measurements being quite different. The synergic combination of DC with AC magnetometry and 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy represents a powerful tool to get new insights into the design of suitable heat mediators for magnetic fluid hyperthermia.

Graphical abstract: Studying the effect of Zn-substitution on the magnetic and hyperthermic properties of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Feb 2016
Accepted
07 Apr 2016
First published
08 Apr 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 10124-10137

Studying the effect of Zn-substitution on the magnetic and hyperthermic properties of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles

V. Mameli, A. Musinu, A. Ardu, G. Ennas, D. Peddis, D. Niznansky, C. Sangregorio, C. Innocenti, N. T. K. Thanh and C. Cannas, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 10124 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR01303A

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