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Drug Delivery: Smart Ferrofluid with Quick Gel Transformation in Tumors for MRI‐Guided Local Magnetic Thermochemotherapy (Adv. Funct. Mater. 11/2016)
Author(s) -
Hayashi Koichiro,
Sakamoto Wataru,
Yogo Toshinobu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201670071
Subject(s) - ferrofluid , materials science , drug delivery , magnetic resonance imaging , magnetic nanoparticles , nanotechnology , smart material , nanoparticle , nuclear magnetic resonance , biomedical engineering , magnetic field , radiology , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics
On page 1708, K. Hayashi and co‐workers develop a smart ferrofluid that transforms into a gel immediately after injection into tumors using a polysaccharide extracted from seaweed, an amino acid, and iron oxide nanoparticles. The ferrofluid has the potential to facilitate magnetic resonance imaging‐guided magnetic thermochemotherapy through a combination of endoscopic technologies in the future.