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    Zinc ferrite spinel-graphene in magneto-photothermal therapy of cancer

    , Article Journal of Materials Chemistry B ; Vol. 2, Issue. 21 , 2014 , p. 3306-3314 Akhavan, O ; Meidanchi, A ; Ghaderi, E ; Khoei, S ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    A magneto-photothermal therapy for cancer (in vitro photothermal therapy of prostate cancer cells and in vivo photothermal therapy of human glioblastoma tumors in the presence of an external magnetic field) was developed using superparamagnetic zinc ferrite spinel (ZnFe2O4)-reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanostructures (with various graphene contents). In vitro application of a low concentration (10 μg mL-1) of the ZnFe 2O4-rGO (20 wt%) nanostructures under a short time period (∼1 min) of near-infrared (NIR) irradiation (with a laser power of 7.5 W cm-2) resulted in an excellent destruction of the prostate cancer cells, in the presence of a magnetic field (∼1 Tesla) used for localizing the... 

    The use of a glucose-reduced graphene oxide suspension for photothermal cancer therapy

    , Article Journal of Materials Chemistry ; Volume 22, Issue 27 , 2012 , Pages 13773-13781 ; 09599428 (ISSN) Akhavan, O ; Ghaderi, E ; Aghayee, S ; Fereydooni, Y ; Talebi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    RSC  2012
    Abstract
    A single-step green method for effective reduction and functionalization of graphene oxide (GO) by glucose was developed. Then, efficacy of the glucose-reduced GO sheets in photothermal therapy of LNCaP prostate cancer cells was investigated in vitro. The GO suspension reduced and functionalized by glucose in the presence of Fe catalyst showed a biocompatible property with an excellent near-infrared (NIR) photothermal therapy efficiency better than hydrazine-reduced GO, single-wall and multi-wall carbon nanotube suspensions which even showed some levels of toxicities. For complete destruction of the cancer cells at some time intervals of NIR irradiation (e.g., 0.5 and 12 min with a power... 

    ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles as radiosensitizers in radiotherapy of human prostate cancer cells

    , Article Materials Science and Engineering C ; Volume 46 , January , 2015 , Pages 394-399 ; 09284931 (ISSN) Meidanchi, A ; Akhavan, O ; Khoei, S ; Shokri, A. A ; Hajikarimi, Z ; Khansari, N ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd  2015
    Abstract
    Nanoparticles of high-Z elements exhibit stronger photoelectric effects than soft tissues under gamma irradiation. Hence, they can be used as effective radiosensitizers for increasing the efficiency of current radiotherapy. In this work, superparamagnetic zinc ferrite spinel (ZnFe2O4) nanoparticles were synthesized by a hydrothermal reaction method and used as radiosensitizers in cancer therapy. The magnetic nanoparticles showed fast separation from solutions (e.g., ~ 1 min for 2 mg mL- 1 of the nanoparticles in ethanol) by applying an external magnetic field (~ 1 T). The ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles were applied in an in vitro radiotherapy of lymph node carcinoma of prostate cells (as high...