Smart magnetic carrier for controlled anticancer drug delivery: synthesis, characterization, and doxorubicin release
Abstract Magnetic core-shell drug-carrier microcapsules were prepared and investigated using doxorubicin (Dox) as an anticancer drug model. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4) were coated with silica SiO2 using a sol-gel method. Fe3O4@SiO2 nanoparticles were functionalized with APS to obtain Fe3O4@SiO2–N...