Enhancement of magnetic heating efficiency in size controlled MFe2O4 (M = Mn, Fe, Co and Ni) nanoassemblies

Jeotikanta Mohapatra; Saumya Nigam; J. Gupta; A. Mitra; M. Aslam; D. Bahadur

doi:10.1039/C4RA13079K

Enhancement of magnetic heating efficiency in size controlled MFe₂O₄ (M = Mn, Fe, Co and Ni) nanoassemblies†

Jeotikanta Mohapatra,^a Saumya Nigam,^b J. Gupta,^c A. Mitra,^d M. Aslam*^ad and D. Bahadur*^ac

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^a Centre for Research in Nanotechnology and Science (CRNTS), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-40076, India
E-mail: m.aslam@iitb.ac.in, dhirenb@iitb.ac.in
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^b IITB-Monash Research Academy, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-40076, India

^c Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-40076, India

^d Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-40076, India

Abstract

The MFe₂O₄ magnetic nanoparticle nanoassemblies (MNNAs) have been synthesized via thermal decomposition of metal chloride in ethylene glycol (EG) in the presence of ethylenediamine (EDA). The size of the nanoassemblies is controlled in the range of 25–60 nm by manipulation of Fe-precursor mole content to ethylene glycol (EG) content and from 60 to 135 nm by using a bi-solvent mixture of ethylene glycol and polyethylene glycol (PEG-400). In this study, we demonstrate optimization of magnetic fluid heat activation by tailoring the size of MFe₂O₄ (M = Mn, Fe, Co and Ni) MNNAs. The densely packed nanocrystals within the MNNAs induce strong exchange as well as dipolar interactions between the nanocrystals, which increases the total magnetic moment for MNNAs. Additionally the magnetization (M_S, magnetization in a field of 20 kOe) of MNNAs decreases in the order Mn > Fe > Co > Ni due to the cationic distribution of ions with varying magnetic moments in these spinel oxides. A sharp increase of heating efficiency for 25–60 nm assembled particles could be attributed to the collective Néel relaxation of nanocrystals within the assemblies and also due to high particle magnetic moment, which increases with the MNNAs size. Furthermore, among all the MFe₂O₄ nanoassemblies of various sizes, Fe₃O₄ MNNAs with an average diameter of 80 nm show an excellent SAR value of 646 W g⁻¹ of Fe₃O₄ at 247 kHz with an applied AC magnetic field of 310 Oe, which is 4 times higher than that of the single domain assembled nanoparticles. The moderate anisotropy constant and high M_S values of Fe₃O₄ MNNAs make it a most suitable candidate to produce the highest heating power. These magnetic MNNAs are efficient in killing the cancer cells by the application of an AC magnetic field even for a short treatment time of 30 min.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA13079K
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 24 Oct 2014
Accepted: 21 Jan 2015
First published: 21 Jan 2015

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RSC Adv., 2015,5, 14311-14321

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Enhancement of magnetic heating efficiency in size controlled MFe₂O₄ (M = Mn, Fe, Co and Ni) nanoassemblies

J. Mohapatra, S. Nigam, J. Gupta, A. Mitra, M. Aslam and D. Bahadur, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 14311 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA13079K

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