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2013 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 46 312001
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Mechanisms of hyperthermia
in magnetic nanoparticles
G Vallejo-Fernandez1 , O Whear1 , A G Roca1 , S Hussain2 , J Timmis2 ,
V Patel2 and K OGrady1,2
1
2
3Vh
,
kB T
(2)
1
N B
.
N + B
(3)
Printed in the UK & the USA
Beff =
(10)
VP (H )
Hc (V )f (V ) dV ,
(11)
Vp (0)
(7)
Vh (0)
(8)
2
C T
,
t
(12)
Figure 2. TEM images (a), (b), (c) and particle size distributions (d) for samples studied in this work. The solid lines are calculated from
equation (13).
Dm (nm)
(cP) Dh (nm) h
Sample 0.1
0.01 0.1 1
0.05
Isopar M A
B
C
Isopar V A
B
C
10.3
11.7
15.2
10.3
11.7
15.2
0.16
0.15
0.19
0.16
0.15
0.19
3.0
10.8
22
27
19
20
36
25
0.53
0.39
0.44
0.43
0.31
0.39
Table 2. Experimental and calculated SAR values in W g1 at a frequency of 111.5 kHz and an applied field of 250 Oe. For the calculated
values a carrier viscosity of 3 cP was assumed.
Sample
Dm (nm)
SAR Isopar M
Experimental
SAR Isopar V
Experimental
SAR Wax
Experimental
SARHyst
From equation (11)
SARac
From equation (7)
A
B
C
10.3
11.7
15.2
38.2
41.9
32.4
33.8
27.9
10.2
27.2
24.5
21.2
7.1
29.5
138.3
1.4
1.7
0.7
Acknowledgments
OW acknowledges financial support from the UK Institute of
Physics under the Top 40 work placements scheme. AGR
acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministerio
de Educacion, through Programa Nacional de Movilidad de
Recursos Humanos of Plan Nacional of I-D+i 20082011.
This work was funded in part by the MULTIFUN FP7 project
under contract number 262943.
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J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 36 R167