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A new approach for highly accurate, remote temperature probing using magnetic nanoparticles.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we report on a new approach for remote temperature probing that provides accuracy as good as 0.017°C (0.0055% accuracy) by measuring the magnetisation curve of magnetic nanoparticles. We included here the theoretical model construction and the inverse calculation method, and explored the impact caused by the temperature dependence of the saturation magnetisation and the applied magnetic field range. The reported results are of great significance in the establishment of safer protocols for the hyperthermia therapy and for the thermal assisted drug delivery technology. Likewise, our approach potentially impacts basic science as it provides a robust thermodynamic tool for noninvasive investigation of cell metabolism.

SUBMITTER: Zhong J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4197449 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A new approach for highly accurate, remote temperature probing using magnetic nanoparticles.

Zhong Jing J Liu Wenzhong W Kong Li L Morais Paulo Cesar PC

Scientific reports 20141015

In this study, we report on a new approach for remote temperature probing that provides accuracy as good as 0.017°C (0.0055% accuracy) by measuring the magnetisation curve of magnetic nanoparticles. We included here the theoretical model construction and the inverse calculation method, and explored the impact caused by the temperature dependence of the saturation magnetisation and the applied magnetic field range. The reported results are of great significance in the establishment of safer proto ...[more]

PMID: 25315470

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