List of Contributors

1. An introduction to magnetic nanoparticles: from bulk to nanoscale magnetism and their applicative potential in human health and medicine

Costica Caizer1*, Shital Bonde2, and Mahendra Rai2

1West University of Timisoara, Department of Physics, Bd. V. Parvan no. 4, 300223 - Timisoara, Romania

2UGC-Basic Science Research Faculty, Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Amravati - 444 602, Maharashtra, India

Part I. Current Biomedical Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles

2. Magnetic nanoparticles in nanomedicine

Gabriela Fabiola Stiufiuc1, Cristian Iacovita2, Valentin Toma3, Rares Ionut Stiufiuc2,3, Romulus Tetean1* and Constantin Mihai Lucaciu3

1 Faculty of Physics, "Babes-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

2MedFuture Research Center for Advanced Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

3Faculty of Pharmacy, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

3. Clustering of magnetic nanoparticles for nanomedicine

Giacomo Mandriota1, Riccardo Di Corato2*

1Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy

2CNR-IMM, Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, Via Monteroni - Campus Ecotekne, 73100 Lecce, Italy

4. Multifunctional bioactive magnetic scaffolds with tailored features for bone tissue engineering

Teresa Russo1*, Roberto De Santis1, Valentina Peluso2, Antonio Gloria1

1 Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB) - National Research Council of Italy

2 Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy

5. Magnetic nanoparticles in the development of polymer scaffolds for medical applications

Larissa Stieven Montagna, Ana Paula da Silva, Amanda de Sousa Martinez de Freitas, Ana Paula Lemes*

Polymers and Biopolymers Technology Laboratory, (TecPBio), Department of Science and Technology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil

6. Magnetic polymer colloids for ultrasensitive molecular imaging

Sundas Riaz1,

Sumera Khizar1,

Nasir M. Ahmad1*

Gul Shahnaz2

Noureddine Lebaz3

Abdelhamid Elaissari3*

1Polymer Research Lab, School of Chemical and Materials Engineering (SCME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), H-12 Sector, Islamabad-44000, Pakistan

2Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad-45320, Pakistan

3Univ Lyon, University Claude Bernard Lyon-1, CNRS, LAGEPP UMR-5007, 43 boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France

7. Iron oxide nanoparticles in anticancer drug delivery and imaging diagnostics

Miroslava Nedyalkova1*, Boyan Todorov1, Haruna L. Barazorda-Ccahuanac2,

Sergio Madurga3

1 Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia, Bulgaria

2 Centro de Investigacion en Ingenieria Molecular-CIIM, Universidad Catolica de Santa Maria, Arequipa, Peru

3 Faculty of Chemistry, Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain

8. Functional addressable magnetic domains and their potential applications in theranostics

Sihomara Patricia Garcia-Zepeda1, Jaime Santoyo-Salazar2*

1Toxicology Department, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, CINVESTAV-IPN, 07360 Mexico City, Mexico

2*Physics Department, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, CINVESTAV-IPN, 07360 Mexico City, Mexico

9. Nuclear/MR magnetic nanoparticle-based probes for multimodal biomedical imaging

Eirini Fragogeorgi1,2*, Sophia Sarpaki2, Maritina Rouchota2, Panagiotis Papadimitroulas2 and Maria Georgiou2

1Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences, Technology, Energy & Safety (INRASTES), NCSR ''Demokritos", Ag. Paraskevi-Athens, Greece

2Bioemission Technology Solutions (BIOEMTECH), Lefkippos Attica Technology Park, NCSR "Demokritos", Ag. Paraskevi-Athens, Greece

Part II. Magnetic Nanoparticles in Alternative Cancer Therapy

10. Magnetic nanoparticles hyperthermia: the past, the present and the future

Dawn Blazer, Yohannes Getahun, Ahmed A. El-Gendy*,

University of Texas El Paso, Department of Physics, El Paso, TX 79968, USA

11. Drug delivery and magnetic hyperthermia based on surface engineering of magnetic nanoparticles

Guilherme N. Lucena1,2,

Caio C. dos Santos1,

Gabriel C. Pinto1

Bruno E. Amantea1,

Rodolfo D. Piazza1,

Miguel Jafelicci Jr1,

Rodrigo Fernando C. Marques1,2,3*

Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Colloids, Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), BRAZIL

12. Improving magneto-thermal energy conversion efficiency of magnetic fluids through external DC magnetic field induced orientational ordering

B. B. Lahiri, Surojit Ranoo, Fouzia Khan, John Philip

Smart Materials Section, Corrosion Science and Techonlogy Division, Materials Characterization Group, Metallurgy amd Materials Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, PIN 603102, India

13. Classical Magnetoliposomes vs Current Magnetociclodextrins with Ferrimagnetic Nanoparticle for High Efficiency and Low Toxicity in Alternative Therapy of Cancer by Magnetic/ Superparamagnetic Hyperthermia

Costica Caizer1*, Cristina Dehelean2, Codruta Soica2

1*West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Physics, Bv. V. Parvan no. 4, 300223 - Timisoara, Romania; e-mail: costica.caizer@e-uvt.ro

2"Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, P-zza. E. Murgu no. 2, 300041 - Timisoara, Romania

14. Efficiency of energy dissipation in nanomagnets: a theoretical study of AC susceptibility

F. Vernay, J.-L. Dejardin, H. Kachkachi*

Universite de Perpignan via Domitia, Lab. PROMES CNRS UPR8521, Rambla de la Thermodynamique, Tecnosud, 66100 Perpignan, France

15. Magnetic Nanoparticle Relaxation in Biomedical Application: Focus on Simulating Nanoparticle Heating

Ulrich M. Engelmann1,2*, Carolyn Shasha3, and Ioana Slabu2

1Department of MedicalEngineering and Applied Mathematics, FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Aachen, Germany

2Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University,Aachen, Germany

3Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

16. Magnetic Nanoparticles in Alternative Tumors Therapy: Biocompatibility, Toxicity and Safety Compared with Classical Methods

Costica Caizer1 and Mahendra Rai2

1West University of Timisoara, Department of Physics, Bd. V. Parvan no. 4, 300223 - Timisoara, Romania

2UGC-Basic Science Research Faculty, Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Amravati - 444 602, Maharashtra, India

17. The size, shape and composition design of iron oxide nanoparticles to combine MRI, magnetic hyperthermia and photothermia

Barbara Freis1,

Geoffrey Cotin1,

Francis Perton1

Damien Mertz1,

Sylvie Begin-Colin1*

Sophie Laurent2,3

Sebastien Boutry2,3

1Universite de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Materiaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, F-67034 , Strasbourg, France

2Universite de Mons, General, Organic and Biomedical Chemistry Unit, NMR and Molecular Imag-ing Laboratory, 7000 , Mons, Belgium

3. Center for Microscopy and Molecular imaging (CMMI), Gosselies, Belgium

18. Magnetic/Superparamagnetic hyperthermia in clinical trials for non-invasive alternative cancer therapy

Costica Caizer

West University of Timisoara, Department of Physics, Bv. V. Parvan no. 4, 300223 - Timisoara, Romania

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About the Author

Costica Caizer, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Physics, West University of Timisoara, Romania. Professor Caizer is a specialist in magnetism, nanomagnetism, and magnetic nanoparticles and their applications in magnetic hyperthermia for alternative cancer therapy.Mahendra Rai, PhD, is Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, India. Professor Rai has edited more than 60 books and published over 400 research papers and reviews in international peer-reviewed journals.

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