Title :
Technical and physical aspects of controlling magnetic nanoparticles
Author :
Gleich, B. ; Weyh, Thomas ; Alexiou, Christoph ; Jurgons, Roland ; Wolf, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Technol., Technische Univ. Munchen, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
Specially customized magnetic nanoparticles can be used as biocompatible carriers for chemotherapeutical agents. An external magnetic field with a well defined field gradient is able to move these particle-drug-complexes to the therapeutical area of interest. Thus, the drug-dose which is necessary for successful tumor remission can be reduced - less side effects are the consequence. The aim of this project is to optimize the technical and physical parameters concerning magnetostatics and hydrodynamics.
Keywords :
biomedical materials; drugs; haemodynamics; magnetic particles; magnetohydrodynamics; magnetostatics; nanoparticles; nanotechnology; tumours; biocompatible carriers; chemotherapeutical agents; external magnetic field; hydrodynamics; magnetic nanoparticles; magnetostatics; particle-drug-complexes; tumor remission; Biomedical imaging; Blood vessels; Geometry; Hydrodynamics; Magnetic cores; Magnetic fields; Magnetic heads; Magnetic moments; Magnetic properties; Magnetization;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology, 2004. 4th IEEE Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8536-5
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2004.1392315
