PMID- 32926060 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210118 LR - 20210118 IS - 1463-9084 (Electronic) IS - 1463-9076 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 37 DP - 2020 Sep 30 TI - Magnetic studies of polylactic-co-glicolic acid nanocapsules loaded with selol and gamma-Fe(2)O(3) nanoparticles. PG - 21042-21058 LID - 10.1039/d0cp02706e [doi] AB - The as-prepared (MSE-NCs sample) and lyophilized (LMSE-NCs sample) polylactic-co-glicolic acid (PLGA) nanocapsules loaded with maghemite (gamma-Fe2O3) nanoparticles and selol (Se-based anticancer drug) were investigated by means of dc magnetization, ac susceptibility and electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements over the temperature range of 4-300 K. The magnetic data of the as-synthesized nanocapsules containing only maghemite nanoparticles (M-NCs sample) or selol (SE-NCs sample) were also collected for comparison. The magnetic nanocapsules reveal perfect superparamagnetic (SPM) behavior only around room temperature; at temperatures lower than 200 K the SPM scaling is not observed and all samples behave as interacting superparamagnetic (ISPM) materials. The evolution from the ISPM to the SPM regime is marked by a steady decrease in the hysteretic properties of all samples, with the temperature dependence of the coercivity decreasing slower than the T1/2 behavior predicted for non-interacting SPM particles. The SPM character of the samples is also confirmed by the occurrence of a maximum in the temperature dependence of both real chi'(T) and imaginary chi''(T) components of the ac magnetic susceptibility, which shifts towards higher temperatures with increasing frequency. Moreover, upon decreasing the temperature the ESR signal shifts to lower fields and gradually broadens, following closely the predictions for the ESR of SPM particles. Additionally, an unusual giant diamagnetic response is observed at low temperatures. The ZFC magnetization is found to reverse its direction and becomes diamagnetic, whereas the FC branch remains positive. Even when compared with usual superconductors, the order of the diamagnetic susceptibility for the lyophilized sample (-10-2 emu g-1 Oe-1) is quite considerable. The nanocapsules herein reported and the presented analysis of their magnetic properties we envisage can support the engineering of magnetic nanocapsules for applications in magnetic drug delivery systems and as magnetic hyperthermia inductors in antitumor therapy. FAU - Mosiniewicz-Szablewska, Ewa AU - Mosiniewicz-Szablewska E AD - Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland. mosin@ifpan.edu.pl. FAU - Tedesco, Antonio C AU - Tedesco AC FAU - Suchocki, Piotr AU - Suchocki P FAU - Morais, Paulo C AU - Morais PC LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Phys Chem Chem Phys JT - Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP JID - 100888160 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 0 (Ferric Compounds) RN - 0 (Nanocapsules) RN - 0 (Selenium Compounds) RN - 176669-95-7 (selol) RN - 1K09F3G675 (ferric oxide) RN - 1SIA8062RS (Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Agents/chemistry MH - Drug Carriers/*chemistry MH - Ferric Compounds/*chemistry MH - Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles/*chemistry MH - Magnetic Phenomena MH - Nanocapsules/*chemistry MH - Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer/*chemistry MH - Selenium Compounds/*chemistry MH - Temperature EDAT- 2020/09/15 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/20 06:00 CRDT- 2020/09/14 15:46 PHST- 2020/09/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/09/14 15:46 [entrez] AID - 10.1039/d0cp02706e [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2020 Sep 30;22(37):21042-21058. doi: 10.1039/d0cp02706e.