Comparative Study on Characteristics and Cytotoxicity of Bifunctional Magnetic-Silver Nanostructures: Synthesized Using Three Different Reducing Agents

摘要

Magnetic-silver nanostructures were synthesized via optimized chemical conditions, and their characteristics and cytotoxicity were compared as candidates for the magnetic delivery of silver nanoparticles toward cancer cells.Magnetic-silver nanostructures were prepared through the reduction of silver ions in the presence of iron oxide nanoparticles using three different reducing agents(glucose, maltose and sodium citrate). Their physicochemical characteristics were determined using ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, transmission electron microscopy, selected area electron diffraction analysis, Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy, vibrating sample magnetometry and differential scanning calorimetry. Cytotoxic activities were evaluated against a human liver hepatocellular carcinoma cell line. Fabricated nanostructures, which exhibit differences in size, silver content, magnetic saturation value and cytotoxicity, represent sufficient superparamagnetic properties and considerable cytotoxicity to be suggested as effective tools in magnetic targeting of silver nanoparticles as an approach to cancer therapy.