Themed collection International Year of the Periodic Table: Applications for magnetic materials

This review focuses on the fundamentals and state-of-the-art label-free manipulation techniques based on the magneto-Archimedes effect.

This article highlights the properties of stimuli-responsive bio-based polymeric systems and their main intelligent applications.

The complexity and applicability of magnetic nanoparticles for sensing and theranostics of cancer has grown substantially in the last decade.

Synthesis of protein imprinted polymers coupled to magnetic nanoparticles to obtain specific recognition systems is very promising, but is still challenging.

The preparation, types, recycling methods, biomedical applications and outlook of recyclable magnetic particles have been reviewed.

The wavelength of amplified spontaneous emission based on liquid magnetically responsive photonic crystals can be tuned by simply changing the magnetic field intensity.

Magnetic core–shell microspheres were developed to extract rare earth elements (REEs) from aqueous and brine solutions with up to 99.99% removal efficiency. The shell, composed of a thermally and chemically stable functionalized metal–organic framework (MOF), is grown over a synthesized Fe₃O₄ magnetic core (magnetite@MOF).

Controlling the electromagnetic field distribution of magnetite–gold hetero-structures by tailoring the geometry of the magnetic- and plasmonic-constituents.

Platinum-based drugs are popular in clinics as chemotherapeutic agents to treat solid tumors.

Functionalization of dendronized iron oxide nanoparticles with the bioreductive compound metronidazole for magnetic resonance imaging of hypoxic tissues.

The proposed nanoplatform represents an efficient tool for a synergic treatment based on hyperthermia and chemotherapy against glioblastoma.

The magnetic nanoliposomes could be transferred as intracellular bubble microreactors to bomb tumor cell by responding magneto-acoustic force.

A polymer coating with multiple binding sites provides iron oxide nanoparticles with protection against intracellular degradation.

The present study reports the preparation of PEO-b-PCL polymer vesicles via a nanoprecipitation method and the loading of hydrophobically coated USPIO into the membrane of these nanovesicles, whose thickness was measured precisely by SANS.

Bioinspired macromolecules can aid nucleation and crystallisation of minerals by mirroring processes observed in nature.

The Gd-TMV–PDA nanotheranostic reagents demonstrated highly r₁-relaxivity of ∼80 mM⁻¹ s⁻¹ at 60 MHz, strong near-infrared absorption with high photothermal conversion efficiency (28.9%), excellent photoacoustic contrast and good biocompatibility.

Novel synthetic route to synthesize solution-phase anisotropic MnSb nanoparticles was developed and the solution–solid–solid growth mechanism was elucidated.

This study shows why FeC NPs of similar structures and static magnetic properties display radically different heating power (SAR from 0 to 2 kW g⁻¹).

The limit to realize an isolated single skyrmion is investigated when the particle size approaches to the length scale of the relevant order parameter.

Free and encapsulated iron oxide nanoparticles after intracardiac injection of labelled stem cells have similar in vivo fate.

The large magnetophoretic mobility stemming from the large magnetic susceptibility and the very small coercivity of octapod-shaped iron oxide nanoparticles improve their capability for magnetic separation.

Even though iron oxide (Fe₃O₄) nanoparticles are promising materials for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents, their biocompatibility and targeting efficacy still need to be improved.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided photothermal therapy (PTT) has recently attracted tremendous attention.

The inclusion of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) in lipid mesophases is a promising strategy for drug-delivery applications, combining the innate biocompatibility of lipid architectures with SPIONs’ response to external magnetic fields.

NZVI with novel Mg(OH)₂ encapsulation for considerably improved mobility, chemical stability, and controlled reactivity release for environmental remediation.

Enhancement in high-coercivity ferromagnetism of hydrothermally synthesized single-crystalline Gd-doped BiFeO₃ nanowires.

Janus Au–Fe₃O₄ star-sphere nanoparticles show their high versatility as contrast agents in multimodal imaging.

LC-phases from ferrimagnetic nanoparticles formed due to their anisotropy of form, and they can be modified using external magnetic fields.

A novel bifunctional plasmonic-magnetic particle-based microfluidic immunoassay system is developed. It could reduce assay time from 4 hours to 80 minutes and enhance the SERS detection specificity by about 70%.

NMR studies demonstrate that, the C-terminal Mms6 undergo conformation change upon magnetosome Fe₃O₄ crystals binding. The N-terminal hydrophobic packing arranges the DEEVE motifs into a correct assembly and orientation for magnetite crystal recognition.

We show PbZr_0.52Ti_0.48O₃ (PZT) and CoFe₂O₄ (CFO) nanocomposite with high magnetoelectric coupling, capable of switching ferroelectric domains with magnetic fields.