PHYS-AEG01
Magnetic nanostructured materials for medical and technological applications
Dr. Ahmed El-Gendy
Preferred major field of study or minimum required skills
Prefer physics or chemistry major with minor in biology or biology major with minor physics or chemistry. GPA not less than 3 on 4.0 scale
Scholarly significance/intellectual merit
The students will learn how to prepare and characterize magnetic nanoparticles to be used for many applications such as hyperthermia treatment for cancer, contrast agent for MRI, drug delivery, magnetic refrigeration, exchange bias, permanent magnets, magnetic data storage. They will gain experience of the synthesis and characterization tools located in the lab. They will learn how to create ideas for useful applications, analyze the data, be independent, and decision maker.
Research question(s)
- How to produce and optimize highly magnetic monodispersed nanoparticles for hyperthermia treatment of cancer?
- How to synthesize rare earth free permanent magnets?
- How to obtain colossal magnetocaloric effect in heuslar alloys for magnetic refrigeration?
Methods/techniques/instruments to be learned/utilized
Synthesis methods:
- Supercritical conditions of liquid
- Arc melter
- Ball milling
- annealing in vacuum using tube furnace
Characterization:
- Versalab magnetometer for measuring magnetic properties
- Hyperthermia test for measuring feasibility of the particles for cancer treatment.