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Synthesis, characterization and in vitro evaluation of divalent ion release from stable NiFe2O4, ZnFe2O4 and core-shell ZnFe2O4@NiFe2O4 nanoparticles

2019; Elsevier BV; Volume: 46; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.10.068

1873-3956

Ljubica Andjelković, Dejan Jeremić, Milica R. Milenković, Jelena Radosavljević, Predrag Vulić, Vladimir B. Pavlović, Dragan Manojlović, Aleksandar Nikolić,

Advancements in Battery Materials

A simple organic-phase synthesis process was used to produce bare NiFe2O4 and ZnFe2O4 and core-shell ZnFe2O4@NiFe2O4 ferrite nanoparticles. X-ray powder diffractograms for all investigated powders show characteristic peaks of a spinel cubic structure without a secondary phase. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) indicated the presence of nanoparticles that are smaller than 20 nm. The release of divalent ions (Ni2+ and Zn2+) from synthesized nanoparticles that were dispersed in saline solution, phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and human serum, as determined by the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) method, was lower than 2 wt %. These results demonstrate the stability of the investigated nanoparticles in biologically relevant media and exclude the toxicity of Ni2+ and Zn2+ due to metal ion release, thereby opening a broad range of (bio)medical applications.