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Magnetite nanoparticles for nonradionuclide brachytherapy
Author(s) -
Safronov Victor,
Sozontov Evgeny,
Polikarpov Mikhail
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s1600576715008900
Subject(s) - brachytherapy , magnetite , monochromatic color , materials science , magnetite nanoparticles , nanoparticle , irradiation , radiochemistry , radiation , range (aeronautics) , magnetic nanoparticles , particle (ecology) , radiation therapy , nanotechnology , optics , chemistry , physics , nuclear physics , radiology , composite material , medicine , metallurgy , oceanography , geology
Magnetite nanoparticles possess several properties that can make them useful for targeted delivery of radiation to tumors for the purpose of brachytherapy. Such particles are biodegradable and magnetic and can emit secondary radiation when irradiated by an external source. In this work, the dose distribution around a magnetite particle of 10 nm diameter being irradiated by monochromatic X‐rays with energies in the range 4–60 keV is calculated.