%0 Journal Article
%T SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF A Fe3O4/C12 CORE/SHELL NANOSYSTEM
%A Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu
%A Ecaterina Andronescu
%A Anton Ficai
%A Dan Eduard Mihaiescu
%J Letters in Applied NanoBioScience
%D 2012
%I Comporter SRL
%X Lauric acid (C12) functionalized Fe3O4 nanoparticles were fabricated and characterized by XRD, FT-IR, DTA-TG and TEM. Lauric acid was used as a coating agent, controlling particle size and aggregation during the synthesis. XRD confirms the formation of magnetite. FT-IR evidenced the successful surface fictionalization with C12, peaks assigned to lauric acid being identified in the nanopowder. The obtained core/shell nanostructure consists of spherical particles of several nanometers long, according to TEM characterization. The interaction with HEp2 cell line proved that Fe3O4/C12 nanostructures are biocompatible.
%K Core/shell
%K magnetite
%K lauric acid
%K bioevaluation
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