Preparation of Fe3O4 nanoparticles and its drug-loading and drug-release properties
Graphene oxide(GO)was obtained by the improved Hummers method.The GO/Fe3O4 composite,in which GO was combined with magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles,was prepared by co-precipitation method.The crystalline structure,microscopic morphology,magnetic properties and drug loading of the composite were analyzed.The results showed that:The GO/Fe3O4 composite had high crystallinity;GO doping improved the uniformity of Fe3O4 particles,and the grain size of GO/Fe3O4 composite was 13-15 nm.The GO/Fe3O4 composite exhibited superparamagnetic properties with a slight decrease in saturation magnetization.The drug-release properties were studied by using GO/Fe3O4 composite to load doxorubicin(DOX).The average encapsulation efficiency of GO/Fe3O4/DOX inclusion complex was 62.24%,which was quite high.The drug release showed pH dependence.When the pH was 7.4,the cumulative release rate reached 73.3%in 75 h.The cellular uptake test showed that the GO/Fe3O4 carrier had certain targeting properties and could be used as a good new drug carrier.