Enhancing the magnetic hyperthermia characteristics and cytotoxicity analysis of biphasic MnFe2O4/NiO nanocomposites
摘要
This study investigated MnFe2O4/NiO biphasic nanocomposites for treating neoplasm through magnetic hyperthermia therapy. For this purpose, a solid-state synthesis was utilized to produce the nanocomposites of MnFe2O4 + xNiO with x = 10–40 wt%; while their precursors: MnFe2O4 and NiO nanopowders were individually synthesized by co-precipitation method. The MnFe2O4 nanoparticles exhibited a spherical shape with an average particle size of 10 nm, while the NiO showed rod-shaped morphology with a diameter of 6 nm. All the biphasic nanocomposites revealed a superparamagnetic nature with very low coercivity and remanence values. The magnetic parameters, such as T2-relaxation time and effective magnetic anisotropy, were calculated from the electron spin resonance spectra. Magnetic hyperthermia and cytotoxicity experiments were conducted for treating the A-549 lung neoplasm cells, and these studies apparently demonstrated the enhanced performance for the biphasic nanocomposites containing 10 wt% of NiO in terms of effective specific absorption rate (32.31 × 10−9 W/gOe2Hz) and selectivity index (4.5 with IC50 value of 20 ± 0.89 µg/ml). The MnFe2O4 + 10wt.% NiO nanocomposites showed improved anti-proliferation activity when compared to the other variants of nanocomposites; by this means, they provide a scope for the treatment of various cancer cells.