In theory,
superparamagnetic particles could be ideal for drug delivery, as they can be directed to a tumor simply by using a magnetic field.
The first author Byeonghwa Lim at DGIST's Ph.D program of Emerging Materials Science elaborated on the biosensor platform, «We placed a spider web - shaped micro-magnetic pattern which was designed to move
the superparamagnetic particles toward the center of the biosensor and a high sensitivity biosensor on the platform.
When a rotating magnetic field is applied to a spider web - shaped magnetic pattern, it can attract biomolecules labeled with
superparamagnetic particles faster to the sensor.
The research team also succeeded in monitoring the biomolecules conjugated to
the superparamagnetic particles at a distance from the sensing area by utilizing the biosensor platform.
In addition, the team has identified that
the superparamagnetic particles not only play the role of biomolecular cargo for transportation, but also act as labels for the sensor to indicate the location of biomolecules.
For example,
superparamagnetic particles and chemotherapeutics drugs can be incorporated in the polymeric shelled microbubbles.
Not exact matches
One of the issues with traditional magnetic memory is that capacity is limited by the
superparamagnetic limit - essentially the size of the
particles used in the memory.