Review Article
Development of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Cancer Gene Therapy: A Comprehensive Review
Table 1
Summary of synthesis methods for magnetic nanoparticles and their features.
| Method | Temperature (°C) | Solvent | Size range (nm) | Morphology |
| Coprecipitation | 20–90 | Water | 15–200 | Spherical or rhombic | Microemulsions | 20–50 | Organic | 4–12 | Spherical or cubic | Hydrothermal synthesis | 220 | Water-ethanol | 520 | Spherical | Sol-gel synthesis | 200–400 | Organic | 20–200 | Spherical | Electrochemical deposition | 70–100 | Organic | 3–8 | Spherical | Sonochemical method | 25 | Water | 10–30 | Spherical or rod shaped | Polyol method | 120–280 | Organic | 5–40 | Spherical | Thermal decomposition | 100–320 | Organic | 3–20 | Spherical | Spray pyrolysis | 400–700 | Organic | 5–60 | Spherical but aggregated | Laser-induced pyrolysis | 1100 | Organic | 5–30 | Spherical less large | Biomimetic synthesis | | — | 50–100 | Spherical cluster, cubo-octahedral |
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