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Pedro Tartaj

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PubMed2007

Direct aerosol synthesis of carboxy-functionalized iron oxide colloids displaying reversible magnetic behavior.

A simple and rapid synthetic strategy for fabricating carboxy-functionalized iron oxide colloidal particles displaying reversible magnetic behavior is reported. The method is based on the pyrolysis of aerosols generated from ethanol/water solutions containing iron inorganic salts and mono- or polysaccharides. Essential to the success of the method are the use of hybrid (organo-inorganic) aerosols and the temperature of pyrolysis. The resulting material could be used in advanced biotechnological applications such as the magnetically assisted chemical separation of biocompounds.

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PubMed2006

Core-shell iron-iron oxide nanoparticles synthesized by laser-induced pyrolysis.

Passivated iron nanoparticles (10-30 nm) have been synthesized by laser pyrolysis of a mixture of iron pentacarbonyl and ethylene vapors followed by controlled oxidation. The nanoparticles show a well-constructed iron-iron oxide core-shell structure, in which the thickness and nature (structure similar to maghemite, gamma-Fe2O3) of the shell is found to be independent of the initial conditions. On the other hand, the composition of the core is found to change with the particle size from the alpha-Fe structure to a highly disordered Fe phase (probably containing C atoms in its structure). The dependence of the magnetic properties on the particle size, iron oxide fraction, and temperature was also investigated. In the case of smaller particles, the magnetic data indicate the existence at low temperature of a large exchange anisotropy field, the magnitude of which increases with decreasing temperature in correspondence with the freezing of magnetic moments in the oxide shell.

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PubMed2005

Fe-based nanoparticulate metallic alloys as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging.

Pharmaceutical grade magnetic colloidal dispersions have been prepared from iron alloys synthesized by laser pyrolysis. The colloids were obtained by simultaneous dispersion and coating of the particles with dextran in a strong alkaline solution. Both powders and dispersions have been analyzed in terms of microstructural characteristics, chemical composition and magnetic properties. The powders consist of uniform spherical nanoparticles (12 nm of diameter) showing a metallic core encapsulated into an iron-oxide shell. On the other hand, the colloidal dispersions consist of magnetic particles-aggregates with hydrodynamic sizes of approximately 75 nm. Magnetic resonance images of rats were taken after the intravenously administration of the Fe colloidal dispersions, and compared with those obtained using a commercial iron oxide magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent. The results showed a contrast improvement of 60% in the liver with respect to the commercial sample, which suggests that this product could be a suitable contrast agent for NMR imaging of liver and spleen.

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PubMed2003

Synthesis of monodisperse superparamagnetic Fe/silica nanospherical composites.

A new method for the synthesis of monodisperse superparamagnetic nanospherical composites with a core containing metallic alpha-Fe nanocrystals dispersed in a silica matrix, and a shell only containing silica, is reported. Essential to the formation of this microstructure is to work with lamellar-like structures in conditions close to the upper-phase boundary limit for formation of microemulsions, and to control the solubility and pH of the metallic precursors. An advantage of the method is its versatility, which allows us to change the particle size (both for the nanomagnets and for the composite) and the spatial arrangement of the nanomagnets in the matrix. Our results indicate that this material could be adequate for biotechnology applications.

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