Research Article

Magnetization and Specific Absorption Rate Studies of Ball-Milled Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Biomedicine

Table 1

Morphological data of nanoparticles.

γ-Fe2O3Fe3O4
Milling time, surfactant mass percentageMean diameter (nm) Standard deviation (nm) Mean diameter (nm) Standard deviation (nm)

7.5 hours, dry environment16.2418.13215.2947.357
6 hours, 5% oleic acid in hexane13.6745.13710.7473.442
6 hours, 10% oleic acid in hexane7.9292.3519.3612.743
6 hours, 20% oleic acid in hexane7.2872.3947.9672.073