MULTIFUNCTIONAL Fe3O4 CORED MAGNETIC-QUANTUM DOT FLUORESCENT NANOCOMPOSITES FOR RF NANO-HYPERTHERMIA OF CANCER CELLS

摘要

A magnetic oxide-quantum dot nanocomposite and methods of synthesizing it. In one embodiment, the magnetic oxide-quantum dot nanocomposite has at least one magnetic oxide nanoparticle coated with a silica (SiO₂) shell and terminated with at least one thiol group (—SH), and at least one CdSe/ZnS quantum dot linked with the at least one SiO₂-coated magnetic oxide nanoparticle via the at least one thiol group. In one embodiment, the at least one magnetic oxide nanoparticle comprises at least one iron oxide (Fe₃O₄) nanoparticle.