Issue 30, 2024

Understanding magnetic hyperthermia performance within the “Brezovich criterion”: beyond the uniaxial anisotropy description

Abstract

Careful determination of the heating performance of magnetic nanoparticles under AC fields is critical for magnetic hyperthermia applications. However, most interpretations of experimental data are based on the uniaxial anisotropy approximation, which in the first instance can be correlated with the particle aspect ratio. This is to say, the intrinsic magnetocrystalline anisotropy is discarded, under the assumption that the shape contribution dominates. We show in this work that such a premise, generally valid for large field amplitudes, does not hold for describing hyperthermia experiments carried out under small field values. Specifically, given its relevance for in vivo applications, we focus our analysis on the so-called “Brezovich criterion”, H·f = 4.85 × 108 A m−1 s−1. By means of a computational model, we show that the intrinsic magnetocrystalline anisotropy plays a critical role in defining the heat output, determining also the role of the shape and aspect ratio of the particles on the SLP. Our results indicate that even small deviations from spherical shape have an important impact on optimizing the heating performance. The influence of interparticle interactions on the dissipated heat is also evaluated. Our results call, therefore, for an improvement in the theoretical models used to interpret magnetic hyperthermia performance.

Graphical abstract: Understanding magnetic hyperthermia performance within the “Brezovich criterion”: beyond the uniaxial anisotropy description

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 mai 2024
Accepted
03 jul 2024
First published
04 jul 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale, 2024,16, 14319-14329

Understanding magnetic hyperthermia performance within the “Brezovich criterion”: beyond the uniaxial anisotropy description

D. Faílde, V. Ocampo-Zalvide, D. Serantes and Ò. Iglesias, Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 14319 DOI: 10.1039/D4NR02045F

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