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The University of Murcia has patented a new method that eliminates the need to coat magnetic nanoparticles before being used in different applications, thus enabling the production of these compounds at a substantially lower cost.
To date, the use of magnetic nanoparticles in its many applications require that these were previously coated with a shell of silica or other material, to prevent oxidation and loss of magnetism on contact with the material to which they are incorporated.
In addition, these coatings involving increased consumption of material, with a corresponding increase in costs and significantly increase the size of the particle, which is detrimental to a better applicability to nanoscale.
The process patented by the University of Murcia precisely avoids having to coat the nanoparticles, which reduces the number of steps required for production and greatly simplifies the process of obtaining, besides getting save raw materials and therefore reduce the total cost from the same.
In traditional procedures, coatings are also used to incorporate the molecules carry out the specific function set for the nanoparticle, for example, a drug that is to be introduced into the human body to treat a disease.
However, the patent University of Murcia achieved these molecules can be fixed directly on the surface of the nanoparticle without coating and maintaining this functional properties.
The patent is developed by the research team led by Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology A Francisco Garcia Carmona.
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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