Application of magnetosomes in magnetic hyperthermia
arXiv:2006.01525 · doi:10.3390/nano10071320
Abstract
Magnetosomes, i.e. nanoparticles synthesized in nature by magnetotactic bacteria, are very promising for use in magnetic hyperthermia for the cancer treatment. Using the solution of the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz equation we calculate the specific absorption rate in an alternating magnetic field of assemblies of magnetosome chains depending on the particle size, the distance between particles in a chain, and the angle of the applied magnetic field with respect to the chain axis. The dependence of specific absorption rate on the distance between the chain particles is shown to have a bell-shaped form with a pronounced maximum. The maximum specific absorption rate only weakly depends on the diameter of the nanoparticles and the length of the chain. However, a significant decrease in specific absorption rate occurs in a dense chain assembly due to the strong magneto-dipole interaction of nanoparticles of different chains.
arXiv comment11 pages, 5 figures
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