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A DFT+U study of the oxidation of cobalt nanoparticles: Implications for biomedical applications

Farkas, Barbara, Santos Carballal, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3199-9588, Cadi Essadek, Abdelaziz and De Leeuw, Nora H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8271-0545 2019. A DFT+U study of the oxidation of cobalt nanoparticles: Implications for biomedical applications. Materialia 7 , p. 100381. 10.1016/j.mtla.2019.100381

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Abstract

Nanomaterials – magnetic nanoparticles in particular have been shown to have significant potential in cancer theranostics, where iron oxides are commonly the materials of choice. While biocompatibility presents an advantage, the low magnetisation is a barrier to their widespread use. As a result, highly magnetic cobalt nanoparticles are attracting increasing attention as a promising alternative. Precise control of the physiochemical properties of such magnetic systems used in biomedicine is crucial, however, it is difficult to test their behaviour in vivo. In the present work, density functional theory calculations with the Dudarev approach (DFT+U) have been used to model the adsorption of oxygen on low Miller index surfaces of the hexagonal phase of cobalt. In vivo conditions of temperature and oxygen partial pressure in the blood have been considered, and the effects of oxidation on the overall properties of cobalt nanoparticles are described. It is shown that oxygen adsorbs spontaneously on all surfaces with the formation of non-magnetic cobalt tetroxide, Co3O4, at body temperature, confirming that, despite their promising magnetic properties, bare cobalt nanoparticles would not be suitable for biomedical applications. Surface modifications could be designed to preserve their favourable characteristics for future utilisation.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Chemistry
Advanced Research Computing @ Cardiff (ARCCA)
ISSN: 2589-1529
Funders: EPSRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 7 August 2019
Date of Acceptance: 18 June 2019
Last Modified: 08 May 2023 07:55
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/124759

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