Synthesis, Characterization and Magnetic Hyperthermia of Monodispersed Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapeutics.

Magnetic nanoparticles such as cobalt ferrite are investigated under clinical hyperthermia conditions for the treatment of cancer. Cobalt ferrite nanoparticles (CFNPs) synthesized by the thermal decomposition method, using nonionic surfactant Triton-X100, possess hydrophilic polyethylene oxide chains acting as reducing agents for the cobalt and iron precursors. The monodispersed nanoparticles were of 10 nm size, as confirmed by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM).

Formation of carbon nanodots with different spin states in mechanically processed mixtures of ZnO with carbon nanoparticles: an electron paramagnetic resonance study.

Mixtures of zinc oxide with carbon nanoparticles, ZnO + xC (x = 0.1%, 1% and 3% by weight), were subjected to mechanical processing (MP) in a hermetically sealed grinding chamber. Using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, we monitored the evolution of spin centers in CNPs.

Synthesis and Characterization of Bimetallic Ni50Pt50 Catalyst Supported on SiO2 for N2O Decomposition.

Nanometallic and bimetallic catalyst of Ni, Pt and Ni50Pt50 were studied by the decompositions of N2O. The catalyst were prepared by incipient wetness impregnation of the silica with low superficial area of 50 m2/g supported with aqueous solution of the metal precursors, for Pt H2Pt Cl6 x 6H2O was used and for Ni, Ni(NO3)2 was used to a total metal loading of 1% wt. Catalyst were oxidized for 2 hours at 400 degrees C with O2, then the samples were reduced for 30 minutes with N2 and 2 hours with H2, all at the same temperature.