• Adjustable Hyperthermia Response of Self-Assembled Ferromagnetic Fe-MgO Core-Shell Nanoparticles by Tuning Dipole-Dipole Interactions 

      Martinez-Boubeta, C.; Simeonidis, K.; Serantes, D.; Conde-Leboran, I.; Kazakis, I.; Stefanou, G.; Pena, L.; Galceran, R.; Balcells, L.; Monty, C.; Baldomir, D.; Mitrakas, M.; Angelakeris, M. (2012)
      The Fe-MgO core-shell morphology is proposed within the single-domain nanoparticle regime as an enhanced magnetically driven hyperthermia carrier. The combinatory use of metallic iron as a core material together with the ...
    • Development of iron-based nanoparticles for Cr(VI) removal from drinking water 

      Simeonidis, K.; Tziomaki, M.; Angelakeris, M.; Martinez-Boubeta, C.; Balcells, L.; Monty, C.; Mitrakas, M.; Vourlias, G.; Andritsos, N. (2013)
      A great deal of research over recent decades has been motivated by the requirement to lower the concentration of chromium in drinking water. This study has been conducted to determine the feasibility of iron-based nanoparticles ...
    • Fe-based nanoparticles as tunable magnetic particle hyperthermia agents 

      Simeonidis, K.; Martinez-Boubeta, C.; Balcells, L.; Monty, C.; Stavropoulos, G.; Mitrakas, M.; Matsakidou, A.; Vourlias, G.; Angelakeris, M. (2013)
      Magnetic hyperthermia, an alternative anticancer modality, is influenced by the composition, size, magnetic properties, and degree of aggregation of the corresponding nanoparticle heating agents. Here, we attempt to evaluate ...
    • Learning from Nature to Improve the Heat Generation of Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles for Magnetic Hyperthermia Applications 

      Martinez-Boubeta, C.; Simeonidis, K.; Makridis, A.; Angelakeris, M.; Iglesias, O.; Guardia, P.; Cabot, A.; Yedra, L.; Estrade, S.; Peiro, F.; Saghi, Z.; Midgley, P. A.; Conde-Leboran, I.; Serantes, D.; Baldomir, D. (2013)
      The performance of magnetic nanoparticles is intimately entwined with their structure, mean size and magnetic anisotropy. Besides, ensembles offer a unique way of engineering the magnetic response by modifying the strength ...
    • Multiplying magnetic hyperthermia response by nanoparticle assembling 

      Serantes, D.; Simeonidis, K.; Angelakeris, M.; Chubykalo-Fesenko, O.; Marciello, M.; Del Puerto Morales, M.; Baldomir, D.; Martinez-Boubeta, C. (2014)
      The oriented attachment of magnetic nanoparticles is recognized as an important pathway in the magnetic-hyperthermia cancer treatment roadmap, thus, understanding the physical origin of their enhanced heating properties ...
    • Optimizing magnetic nanoparticles for drinking water technology: The case of Cr(VI) 

      Simeonidis, K.; Kaprara, E.; Samaras, T.; Angelakeris, M.; Pliatsikas, N.; Vourlias, G.; Mitrakas, M.; Andritsos, N. (2015)
      The potential of magnetite nanoparticles to be applied in drinking water treatment for the removal of hexavalent chromium is discussed. In this study, a method for their preparation which combines the use of low-cost iron ...
    • Scaling up the production of magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications: Cost-effective fabrication from basalts 

      Martinez-Boubeta, C.; Simeonidis, K.; Amarantidis, S.; Angelakeris, M.; Balcells, L.; Monty, C. (2014)
      We report here the first results on magnetic nanoparticles fabricated from basalt fragments of the eruption that took place in Lanzarote (Canary Islands) between 1730 and 1736, to be used in technologies of biomedicine. ...