A novel route for the preparation of thermally sensitive core-shell magnetic nanoparticles

Muhammad Omer, Sajjad Haider, Soo Young Park

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Abstract

This study has developed a novel route for the synthesis of the thermoresponsive core-shell nanoparticles that consist of the magnetite core and the poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (poly(NIPAAm) shell in aqueous medium. Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were coated first with oleic acid (OA) and then vinyl carboxylic acid-β-cyclodextrin (MAH-β-CD). The OA-MNPs and the MAH-β-CD-MNPs showed mono-dispersion in n-hexane and aqueous medium, respectively. NIPAAms were successfully polymerized from the vinyl double bonds of the MAH-β-CD MNPs and cross-linked with N, N-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) to make the stable thermoresponsive core-shell morphology with the MNP core and the poly(NIPAAm) shell (poly(NIPAAm)-MNP). The aqueous solutions dispersed with poly(NIPAAm)-MNPs showed magnetic heating due to a superparamagnetic property, and the poly(NIPAAm) shell shrank above its LCST temperature. The combination of these properties are potentially important in the targeted delivery of therapeutic agents in vivo, hyperthermic treatment of tumors, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a contrasting agents, tissue repair, immunoassay, cell separation, biomagnetic separation of biomolecules, etc.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-97
Number of pages7
JournalPolymer
Volume52
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Jan 2011

Keywords

  • MNPs
  • OA/MAH-β-CD coating
  • Poly(NIPAAm)

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