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Heating effect in biocompatible magnetic fluids with BSA surfactant layer

A. Józefczak , A. Skumiel

Institute of Acoustics, Faculty of Physics, A.~Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland

Abstract
To be able to use magnetic fluids (MF) in medical applications, the magnetic nanoparticles suspended in the fluid must be coated with a substance, which would ensure their stability, biodegradability and nontoxicity in a physiological medium. An important application in biomedicine is magnetic fluid hyperthermia, offering a possibility to increase the tumour temperature to 41-46\degC to kill tumour cells. In the work, the influence of the surfactant on the heat effect has been studied. Tables 1, Figs 5, Refs 11.

Magnetohydrodynamics 43, No. 4, 445-450, 2007 [PDF, 0.24 Mb]

Copyright: Institute of Physics, University of Latvia
Electronic edition ISSN 1574-0579
Printed edition ISSN 0024-998X
DOI: http://doi.org/10.22364/mhd