Published September 11, 2023
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Influence of polyethylene glycol and Gongronema latifolium on the structural, optical and magnetic properties of magnesium ferrite nanoparticles for hyperthermia applications

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
  • 2. National Centre for Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University campus, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • 3. Nanosciences African Network, iThemba LABS-National Research, South Africa
  • 4. UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences/Nanotechnology, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
  • 5. NPU-NCP Joint International Research Centre on Advanced Nanomaterials and Defects Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
  • 6. Northwestern Polytechnical University
  • 7. Department of Physics, University of Delta, Agbor, Nigeria
  • 8. Department of applied Sciences and Dental therapy, Federal college of Dental technology and therapy Enugu, South Africa
  • 9. Africa Centre of Excellence for sustainable Power and Energy Development, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

Description

ABSTRACT Ferrite materials have found applications in various fields, particularly in biomedical fields. This work involves the preparation of Magnesium ferrite nanoparticles (MgFNPs) by biosynthesis protocol using polyethylene glycol (PEG-4000) and gongronema latifolium (GL) extracts as capping and reducing agents, to heighten the properties of MgFNPs for effective hyperthermia applications. Various characterization techniques were used to determine the properties of the formulated samples. Spherical morphology with low agglomeration was observed by the SEM analysis. The XRD showed a crystallite size between 10 and 49 nm. The VSM confirmed the superparamagnetic nature of the samples. The heating ability was observed to decrease to the therapeutic rage with GL and PEG. However, further investigations for the hyperthermia application were performed on the formulated samples by estimating their Specific loss power (SLP). The samples showed high SLP between 130.6 and 290.8 W/g. The materials capped with PEG has better properties for hyperthermia applications.KEYWORDS: Magnesium ferritenanoparticleshyperthermiabiogenic synthesispolyethylene glycol Highlights PEG and the extract of GL were used as a potential reducing and capping agentsThe influence of PEG and GL on the properties of MgFNPs was observedBiosynthesis protocol was used for the formulation of the materialsThe properties of the samples was enhanced for self-heating ability in hyperthermia applicationsAcknowledgmentsSOA and FIE acknowledged TETFUND under the contract number (TETFUND/DR&D/CE/UNI/NSKKA/RP/VOL.1). SOA acknowledges the NCP-TWAS Postdoc Fellowship award for the success of this work (NCP-CAAD/TWAS_Fellow8408).FIE acknowledges the support received from the Africa Centre of Excellence for sustainable Power and Energy Development (ACE-SPED), University of Nigeria, Nsukka.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Author contributionsObianke M. Orumgbe: Conceptualisation, Data curation, Writing, Methodology, Original draft preparation, Samson O. Aisida: Conceptualisation, Data curation, Writing, Methodology, Original draft preparation, Software, Reviewing and Editing. Ijeh Rufus: Visualisation and Data curati. Henrietta O. Uzoeto: Visualisation, Data curation ABC Ekwealor: Visualisation, Data curation, Ishaq Ahmad: Visualisation and Data curation. Fabian I. Ezema: Visualisation and Data curation.
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