Abstract
This paper presents a facile one-pot method to synthesize monodisperse lauric-acid-capped cobalt ferrite nanoparticles (CoFe2O4 NPs)and investigates their potential application as drug carriers for loading and controlled release of doxorubicin (DOX). The lauric-acid-capped CoFe2O4 NPs with a particle size of 15.3 ± 1.7 nm were synthesized via one-pot reaction. Water-soluble lauric-acid-capped CoFe2O4 NPs were obtained through surface modification with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). Furthermore, the performance of water-soluble lauric-acid-capped CoFe2O4 NPs for drug delivery was investigated with DOX hydrochloride. The DOX release percentages of CTAB and SDS modified lauric-acid-capped CoFe2O4 NPs are 56.1% and 48.2%, respectively. These results indicated that the modified lauric-acid-capped CoFe2O4 NPs could be utilized as a promising candidate for cancer chemotherapy by making use of their pH-sensitive drug-release properties.
Original language | English (US) |
---|---|
Article number | 8369384 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Magnetics |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Keywords
- Drug delivery
- inverse spinel cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O3)
- one-pot method
- surface modification