Size and shape control for water-soluble magnetic cobalt nanoparticles using polymer ligands

Metal, Metalloid, and Oxide Nanoparticles for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Oncology

“…Typical colloids are representative of NPs stabilized in solution to prevent aggregation. The synthesis of noble metals NPs in organic solvents, including transition metals, oxides, and semiconducting materials, has been widely documented [52,53].…”

Functionalisation of nanoparticles for biomedical applications

“…Nano-structured materials including Au [16,17], Ag [4], Co [3], Ni x [18] Fe 3 O 4 , Fe 2 O 3 , ␣-FeO(OH) [19], SiO 2 [20] and CdTe [21,22] have been synthesised in aqueous solution. These methods provide water-dispersible NPs, a necessity for the application in biological systems; however, control over particle size distribution is still limited for many semiconductor and magnetic NP systems.…”

“…These NPs can be composed of a variety of materials including noble metals (e.g. Au [2], Ag [3,4], Pt [5], Pd [6]), semiconductors (e.g. CdSe, CdS, ZnS [2,7], TiO 2 [8], PbS [9], InP [9], Si [10]), magnetic compounds (e.g.…”

Fabrication of water-soluble magnetic nanoparticles by ligand-exchange with thermo-responsive polymers

“…In these applications, the NPs need to be stable in aqueous solution, which can be achieved by the macromolecules on the surface of the NPs such as peptides [6] and hydrophilic polymers [7]. In addition, it is also important to control the size, shape and composition of the NPs and such a control can be commonly achieved by the method based on thermal decomposition of organometallic complexes in the presence of hydrophobic ligands such as oleic acid (OA), trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) and oleyl amine (OLA) [8,9].…”