Author(s): Cardoso, Beatriz D. ; Rio, Irina S. R. ; Rodrigues, Ana Rita Oliveira ; Almeida, B. G. ; Araújo, João P. ; Coutinho, Paulo J. G. ; Castanheira, Elisabete M. S.
Date: 2017
Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/46112
Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
Subject(s): Magnetic nanoparticles; Drug delivery; Magnetoliposomes; Cancer therapy
In this work, magnesium ferrite nanoparticles with superparamagnetic behavior and sizes around 20 nm were prepared and characterized. The structural and magnetic properties of these nanoparticles were evaluated by XRD, SEM and SQUID. In order to further develop applications in cancer therapy, the prepared MgFe2O4 nanoparticles were covered with a lipid bilayer (solid magnetoliposomes) or incorporated in lipid vesicles, forming aqueous magnetoliposomes.
